Research Manuscript Database

Love, J., Kisker, E., Ross, C., Schochet, P., Brooks-Gunn, J., Boller, K., et al. (2001). Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families. Summary report. Report to Commissioner’s Office of Research and Evaluation, Head Start Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, and Department of Health and Human Services. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

Love, J., Kisker, E., Ross, C. M., Schochet, P. Z., Brooks-Gunn, J., Paulsell, D., et al. (2002). Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start. Volumes I-III: Final technical report [and] appendixes [and] local contributions to understanding the programs and their impacts. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau.

Love, C. T., & Others, A. (1991). Family-centered learning: An Even Start project. Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 34(5), 173–177.

Lovett, J., Palamaro Munsell, E., McNamara, K., & Doyle, O. (2016). Friend, foe or facilitator? The role of the parent-service provider relationship in the early implementation of a family-based community intervention. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 2(1), 52–72.

Lowell, D. I., Carter, A. S., Godoy, L., Paulicin, B., & Briggs‐Gowan, M. J. (2011). A randomized controlled trial of Child FIRST: A comprehensive home‐based intervention translating research into early childhood practice. Child development, 82(1), 193-208.

Lunkenheimer, E. S., Dishion, T. J., Shaw, D. S., Connell, A. M., Gardner, F., Wilson, M. N., & Skuban, E. M. (2008). Collateral benefits of the family check-up on early childhood school readiness: Indirect effects of parents’ positive behavior support. Developmental Psychology, 44(6), 1737–1752.

Lutenbacher, M., Dietrich, M. S., & Elkins, T. (2016). Evaluation of the Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program model in a sample of Hispanic women: A collaborative project between Catholic Charities and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Report submitted to the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) Review.

Lutenbacher, M., Elkins, T., Dietrich, M. S., & Riggs, A. (2018). The efficacy of using peer mentors to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in Hispanic families: Findings from a randomized clinical trial. Maternal & Child Health Journal, 22(1), 92-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2532-z

Lutenbacher, M., Elkins, T., & Dietrich, M. S. (unpublished manuscript). Using community health workers to improve health outcomes in a sample of Hispanic women and their infants: Findings from a randomized clinical trial.

MacPherson, K., Barnes, J., Nichols, M., & Dixon, S. (2010). Volunteer support for mothers with new babies: Perceptions of need and support received. Children & Society, 24(3), 175-187. doi:10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00227.x