Michalopoulos, C., Faucetta, K., Hill, C. J., Portilla, X., Burrell, L., Lee, H., Duggan, A., & Knox, V. (2019). Impacts on family outcomes of evidence-based early childhood home visiting: Results from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (OPRE Report 2019-07). [Study 2-HFA contrast]. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/opre/mihope_impac….
The Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) included four evidence-based home visiting models; this review focuses on Healthy Families America (HFA) and the findings in Michalopoulos et al. 2019. HomVEE has reviewed additional analyses from the MIHOPE evaluation under Knox & Michalopoulos, 2023. Findings in the manuscript that are pooled across various home visiting models are ineligible for review because HomVEE only reviews findings that isolate the effects of a specific model. Findings from the manuscript about quality of the home environment, receptive language skills, and child maltreatment outcomes related to physical assault or psychological aggression received a rating of indeterminate because HomVEE could not assess whether the measures were reliable according to HomVEE standards. Information on sample sizes and reliability and validity of measures is based on correspondence with the authors.