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Astuto, J., & Allen, L. (2018). Learning more about home visitation: RCT evaluation of a home visitation program for Latino Spanish speaking children of immigrants. Technical Report: Study 2. Unpublished manuscript submitted to HomVEE in January 2019.

Model(s) Reviewed: ParentChild® Core Model
Manuscript screening details
Screening decision Screening conclusion HomVEE procedures and standards version
Passes screens Eligible for review Version 1
Study design details
Rating Design Attrition Baseline equivalence Compromised randomization Confounding factors Valid, reliable measure(s)
High Randomized controlled trial Low Established on race/ethnicity and SES; not established on baseline measures of the outcomes in the analyzed sample None None Not assessed in manuscripts reviewed before 2021
Notes:

Outcomes with low attrition for which authors’ models controlled for baseline measures are eligible for a high rating. In addition to the outcomes that are eligible for a high rating, eight outcomes are eligible for a moderate rating because they had low attrition but analyses did not control for baseline measures of the outcomes. An additional 17 outcomes are eligible for a low rating because attrition was high or could not be assessed. All outcomes eligible for a low rating are in the Child Development and School Readiness and Positive Parenting Practices domains.

This report is one of a set of four reports that examine two distinct studies (Astuto & Allen (2018, Study 1); Astuto & Allen (2016, Study 1); Astuto & Allen (2018, Study 2); and Astuto & Allen (2016, Study 2)). This report describes the same study and sample reported in Astuto & Allen (2016, Study 2). Some outcomes reported in this study are reported in HomVEE’s review of Astuto & Allen (2016, Study 2). Additionally, for some outcomes, HomVEE obtained information about attrition from Astuto & Allen (2016, Study 2).

Study characteristics
Study participants Families were eligible to participate if their children were ages 18 to 30 months, the family was Spanish speaking, and the family was within 100 percent of the federal poverty level and eligible for government assistance programs (including WIC, Medicaid, and SNAP). Most families were referred to the study through a waitlist for a program at a community-based organization that serves primarily low-income, immigrant, Spanish-speaking families and delivers the ParentChild+ model. All of the parents identified as Latino and were born outside of the United States. On average, children were 2.4 years old at the start of the study and 3.8 years old at the end of the study.
Setting Large city in the northeastern United States
Intervention services At each home visit, home visitors brought a new book or toy for the family and used it to model reading and verbal interactions and teach parents about age-appropriate expectations and interactions. Families received home visits twice a week for 46 weeks over a two-year period, and home visits were delivered in the parents’ primary language.
Comparison conditions Participants in the comparison condition participated in data collection interviews.
Subgroups examined This field lists subgroups examined in the manuscript (even if they were not replicated in other samples and not reported on the summary page for this model’s report).
Subgroups are not listed for manuscripts reviewed before 2021.
Funding sources PEW Charitable Funds, Heising-Simons Foundation, Edith Glick Shoolman Foundation, and Edward & Ellen Roche Relief Foundation
Author affiliation The study authors are not developers of this model.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed status is not listed for manuscripts reviewed before 2021.
Study Registration:

Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: None found. Study registration was assessed by HomVEE beginning with the 2014 review.

Findings that rate moderate or high

Child development and school readiness
Rating Outcome measure Effect Sample Timing of follow-up Sample size Intervention group Comparison group Group difference Effect size Statistical significance Notes
High Day Night Task (adjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 147 children Not reported Not reported Not reported Study reported = 0.23 Not statistically significant, p = 0.16

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Effect size is a Cohen's d.
High Tower Clean Up Task Duration (adjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 126 children Not reported Not reported Not reported Study reported = 0.08 Not statistically significant, p = 0.67

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Effect size is a Cohen's d.
Moderate Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ: SE) (unadjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 112 children Unadjusted mean = -0.11 Unadjusted mean = 0.00 MD = -0.11 Study reported = -0.11 Not statistically significant, p = 0.56
Moderate Day Night Task (unadjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 149 children Unadjusted mean = 12.16 Unadjusted mean = 10.58 MD = 1.58 HomVEE calculated = 0.18 Not statistically significant, p = 0.29
Moderate Preschool Language Scale Fourth Edition (PLS-4) - Auditory (unadjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 144 children Unadjusted mean = 95.27 Unadjusted mean = 91.80 MD = 3.47 HomVEE calculated = 0.29 Not statistically significant, p = 0.09
Moderate Preschool Language Scale Fourth Edition (PLS-4) - Expressive (unadjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 144 children Unadjusted mean = 98.39 Unadjusted mean = 95.13 MD = 3.26 Study reported = 0.21 Not statistically significant, p = 0.21
Moderate Preschool Language Scale Fourth Edition (PLS-4) - Total (unadjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 141 children Unadjusted mean = 96.89 Unadjusted mean = 92.46 MD = 4.43 HomVEE calculated = 0.32 Not statistically significant, p = 0.06
Moderate Tower Clean Up Task Duration (unadjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 127 children Unadjusted mean = 57.66 Unadjusted mean = 51.89 MD = 5.77 HomVEE calculated = 0.20 Not statistically significant, p = 0.27
Moderate Tower Clean Up Task Time to Start (unadjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 142 children Unadjusted mean = 14.92 Unadjusted mean = 14.62 MD = 0.30 Study reported = 0.01 Not statistically significant, p = 0.95
Positive parenting practices
Rating Outcome measure Effect Sample Timing of follow-up Sample size Intervention group Comparison group Group difference Effect size Statistical significance Notes
Moderate Parent as a Teacher Total (PAAT) (unadjusted)
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
 ParentChild+ vs. comparison, northeastern U.S., Study 2 full sample 24 months 150 parents Unadjusted mean = 137.71 Unadjusted mean = 136.97 MD = 0.74 HomVEE calculated = 0.09 Not statistically significant, p = 0.58