HFA Evidence Reference List

Anisfeld, E., Sandy, J., & Guterman, N. B. (2004). Best Beginnings: A randomized controlled trial of a paraprofessional home visiting program: Technical report. Report to the Smith Richardson Foundation and New York State Office of Children and Family Services. New York: Columbia University School of Social Work. Additional Sources: Executive summary, Narrative summary.

Bair-Merritt, M. H., Jennings, J. M., Chen, R., Burrell, L., McFarlane, E., Fuddy, L., et al. (2010). Reducing maternal intimate partner violence after the birth of a child: A randomized controlled trial of the Hawaii Healthy Start home visitation program. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 164(1), 16-23.

Caldera, D., Burrell, L., Rodriguez, K., Crowne, S. S., Rohde, C., & Duggan, A. (2007). Impact of a statewide home visiting program on parenting and on child health and development. Child Abuse & Neglect, 31(8), 829-852.

Duggan, A., Caldera, D., Rodriguez, K., Burrell, L., Rohde, C., & Crowne, S. S. (2007). Impact of a statewide home visiting program to prevent child abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 31(8), 801-827.

Duggan, A., Fuddy, L., Burrell, L., Higman, S. M., McFarlane, E., Windham, A., et al. (2004). Randomized trial of a statewide home visiting program to prevent child abuse: Impact in reducing parental risk factors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(6), 623-643.

Duggan, A., McFarlane, E., Fuddy, L., Burrell, L., Higman, S. M., Windham, A., et al. (2004). Randomized trial of a statewide home visiting program: Impact in preventing child abuse and neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(6), 597-622.

Duggan, A., McFarlane, E., Windham, A. M., Rohde, C. A., Salkever, D. S., Fuddy, L., et al. (1999). Evaluation of Hawaii’s Healthy Start program. Future of Children, 9(1), 66-90.

DuMont, K., Kirkland, K., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Ehrhard-Dietzel, S., Rodriguez, M. L., Lee, E., Layne, C., & Greene, R. (2010). A randomized trial of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): Does home visiting prevent child maltreatment? Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

DuMont, K., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Greene, R., Lee, E., Lowenfels, A., Rodriguez, M., et al. (2008). Healthy Families New York (HFNY) randomized trial: Effects on early child abuse and neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect, 32(3), 295–315.

Easterbrooks, A., Chaudhuri, J., Fauth, R., Contreras, M., Kotake, C., Moosmann, D., Katz, R., Menon, M., Brady, M., Doherty, L. (2017). The Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation-2: Early Childhood (MHFE-2EC): Follow-up Study of a Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Statewide Home Visiting Program for Young Parents. Final Report to Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Children’s Trust of Massachusetts. Medford, MA: Tufts University.

Easterbrooks, M. A., Kotake, C., & Fauth, R. C. (2019). Recurrence of maltreatment after newborn home visiting: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Public Health, 109(5), 729-735.

Green, B.L., Tarte, J.M., Harrison, P.M., Nygren, M., Sanders, M.B. (2014). Results from a randomized trial of the Healthy Families Oregon accredited statewide program: Early program impacts on parenting, Children and Youth Services Review, 44, 288-298.

Green, B.L., Tarte, J.M., Sanders, M.B., and Waller, M.S. (2016). Testing the Effectiveness of Healthy Families America in an Accredited Statewide System: Outcomes and Cost-Benefits of the Healthy Families Oregon Program: Final Project Report. Portland, OR: Portland State University and NPC Research.

Jacobs, F. Easterbrooks, M., Goldberg, J., Mistry, J., Bumgarner, E., Raskin, M., Fosse, N., & Fauth, R. (2016). Improving adolescent parenting: Results from a randomized controlled trial of a home visiting program for young families. American Journal of Public Health, 106(2), 342-349. See also, Jacobs, F., Easterbrooks, A., Mistry, J., et al. (2015). The Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation-2 (MHFE-2): A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Statewide Home Visiting Program for Young Parents. Final report to the Children’s Trust of Massachusetts. Medford, MA: Tufts University.

Kirkland, K., Lee, E., Smith, C., & Greene, R. (2020). Sustained impact on parenting practices: Year 7 findings from the Healthy Families New York randomized controlled trial. Prevention Science, 21, 498-507.

Kirkland, K., & Mitchell-Herzfeld, S. (2012). Evaluating the effectiveness of home visiting services in promoting children’s adjustment in school: Final report to the Pew Center on the States. Rensselaer, NY: New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Bureau of Evaluation and Research.

Landsverk, J., Carrilio, T., Connelly, C. D., Ganger, W., Slymen, D., Newton, R., et al. (2002). Healthy Families San Diego clinical trial: Technical report. San Diego, CA: The Stuart Foundation, California Wellness Foundation, State of California Department of Social Services: Office of Child Abuse Prevention.

LeCroy, C.W., & Krysik, J. (2011). Randomized trial of the Healthy Families Arizona home visiting program. Children and Youth Services Review, 33, 1761-1766.

LeCroy, C.W., & Lopez, D. (2020). A randomized controlled trial of Healthy Families: 6-month and 1-year follow-up. Prevention Science, 21, 25-35.

Lee, E., Kirkland, K., Miranda-Julian, C., Greene, R. (2018). Reducing maltreatment recurrence through home visitation: A promising intervention for child welfare involved families. Child Abuse and Neglect, 86, 55-66.

Lee, E., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Lowenfels, A. A., Greene, R., Dorabawila, V., & DuMont, K. A. (2009). Reducing low birth weight through home visitation: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(2), 154–160.

Michalopoulos, C., Faucetta, K., Hill, C.J., Portilla, X.A., 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. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Izzo, C., Greene, R., Lee, E., & Lowenfels, A. (2005). Evaluation of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): First year program impacts. Albany, NY: University at Albany, Center for Human Services Research.

Pecora, P.J., Klein, R., Simon, J., & Foster, L.J.J. (2022). Interventions shown to be effective with Children and Families Being Served with Family First Funding. (Second Edition). Seattle, WA: Casey Family Programs.

Rodriguez, M. L., DuMont, K. A., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S. D., Walden, N. J., & Greene, R. (2010). Effects of Healthy Families New York on the promotion of maternal parenting competencies and the prevention of harsh parenting. Child Abuse and Neglect. 34(10), 711-723.

Sandy, J., Anisfeld, E., & Ramirez, E. (2009). Effects of a prenatal intervention on breastfeeding initiation rates in a Latina immigrant sample. Journal of Human Lactation, 25(4), 404–411.

Stargel, L.E., Fauth, R.C., Easterbrooks, M.A. (2018). Home visiting program impacts on reducing homelessness among young mothers. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 27(1), 89-92.

Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (2017). The Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation-2 Early Childhood (MHFE-2EC): Follow-Up Study of a Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Statewide Home Visiting Program for Young Parents. Final Report to Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Children’s Trust of Massachusetts. Medford, MA: Tufts University.