Manuscript Details

Shin, S.H. & Choi, C. (2023). Improving birth outcomes among low-income families: The effect of a home visiting intervention. Clinical Pediatrics, 62(11), 1375–1379. doi: 10.1177/00099228231158367

Peer Reviewed

Model(s): Virginia’s Comprehensive Health Investment Project (CHIP)
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 2.3
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design Attrition Baseline equivalence Confounding factors? Valid, reliable measures?
Non-experimental comparison group design Not applicable

Established on race/ethnicity; not established on SES in the analyzed sample; outcome(s) not feasible to assess at baseline

Indeterminate

Yes
Notes from the review of this manuscript

HomVEE reviewers were not able to determine if the comparison group and intervention group outcome data were obtained from the same administrative health database (PRAMS). If PRAMS data were used to measure outcomes in the comparison group but not the intervention group, it may constitute a confounding factor.