Effects of Early Community Services on Child and Family Development
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Child Development
In brief
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the effects on early child development of early community services, including a brief nurse home visiting program. Investigators hypothesize that nurse home visiting program participants will be significantly different than non- nurse home visiting program participants on the following child and family outcomes: (a) (reduced) infant emergency room use and overnight hospital stays; (b) (increased) family use of community resources and (higher quality) child care; (c) (increased) maternal wellbeing; and (d) (increased) quality of the home environment, including home safety and supportive parenting by both parents. The study will also explore long-term differences between the nurse home visiting program recipients and non-recipients in (a) rates of official investigations for child maltreatment and (b) two indicators of early educational achievement: kindergarten readiness scores and rates of kindergarten attendance.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04019977
- Run by
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- People needed
- 277
- Starts
- 2019-07-18
- Expected to finish
- 2021-07-19
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-02-21
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Mother and Infant are Baltimore City Residents
- Mother gave birth to infant at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD beginning approximately July 15, 2019
- Mother speaks English
You may not qualify if…
- Mother and Infant are not Baltimore City Residents
- Mother did not give birth to infant at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD beginning approximately July 15, 2019
- Mother does not speak English
Where it is running
- UMaryland — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Sinai Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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