Manuscript Details

Brind'Amour, K. (2016). Maternal and child health home visiting evaluations using large, pre-existing data sets (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. (UMI No. 1874565987)

Model(s): Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)®
Low rating
This manuscript received a low rating because it is a non-experimental comparison group design study that does not satisfy the baseline equivalence requirement.

Study reviewed under: Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design Random assignment compromised? Attrition Baseline equivalence Confounding factors? Valid, reliable measures?
Non-experimental comparison group design Not applicable Not applicable

Established on race/ethnicity; not established on socioeconomic status or baseline measures of the outcome in the analyzed sample

None

 Not assessed in manuscripts reviewed under Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1
Notes from the review of this manuscript

SES was measured at the child's birth, which was not prior to study enrollment. Therefore, baseline equivalence was not established on SES