Manuscript Details

Julian, M. M., Riggs, J., Wong, K., Lawler, J. M., Brophy-Herb, H. E., Ribaudo, J., Stacks, A., Jester, J. M., Pitzen, J., Rosenblum, K. L., Muzik, M., & Michigan Collaborative for Infant Mental Health Research. (2023). Relationships reduce risks for child maltreatment: Results of an experimental trial of infant mental health home visiting. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 979740. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.979740

Peer Reviewed

Model(s): Michigan Model of Infant Mental Health-Home Visiting (Michigan IMH-HV)
Study Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov
Low rating
Study reviewed under: Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 2
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design Attrition Baseline equivalence Confounding factors? Valid, reliable measures?
Randomized controlled trial Not applicable

Established on race/ethnicity and SES; not established on baseline measures of the outcome(s) in the analyzed sample

No

Yes
Notes from the review of this manuscript

Information used to determine analytic sample sizes and to assess equivalence of the intervention and comparison groups is based on correspondence with the author. Findings from analyses that test the effect of different dosages of the intervention on participant outcomes were ineligible for review. 

Randomization was compromised in this study because when authors conducted impact analyses, they excluded from the Infant Mental Health–Home Visiting intervention group the study participants who did not receive at least one home visit and instead included those participants in the comparison group.