Evaluation of the Healthy Families Alaska Program

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Child Abuse

In brief

This study will assess the effectiveness of early home visitation by a professional in preventing child maltreatment, promoting healthy family functioning, and promoting child health and development. The investigators will test the following hypotheses regarding the effectiveness of early paraprofessional home visiting for at-risk families * Actual home visiting services adhere to HFAK standards. * HFAK promotes healthy family functioning, promotes child health and development, and prevents child abuse and neglect. * Adherence to HFAK process standards is positively associated with achievement of outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00216710

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

380

Starts

1999-07-01

Expected to finish

2005-01-21

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-30

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Family resides in a community served by one of six HFAK programs participating in the study
• Family identified as at-risk by HFAK staff following the usual HFAK protocol

You may not qualify if…

• Family was previously enrolled in HFAK
• Mother unable to speak English well enough to complete study activities.
• Family unwilling to enroll in the HFAK program.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University — Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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