To ensure that the study was in a strong position to conduct later data collection with families, the MIHOPE team asked families for updated contact information when children were about 2.5 and 3.5 years of age. These two time points were chosen because they provided the opportunity to check in with MIHOPE families at relatively equal intervals between the initial in-depth follow-up when children were 15 months old and a follow-up when the children were in kindergarten to maximize the study’s opportunity of maintaining contact with families. Although the primary purpose of checking in with families was to obtain updated contact information, families were also asked to complete brief surveys so that the team could obtain some information about families’ current circumstances at these two time points. This report uses data from these brief check-ins with MIHOPE families to provide a snapshot of families’ life circumstances and the effects of MIECHV-funded evidence-based home visiting at these time points. Because data was obtained via a 30-minute survey with mothers, the study team could only measure a limited set of outcomes and could not comprehensively assess any of the domains specified in the MIECHV authorizing legislation. The outcome areas assessed were maternal health, child health, family economic self-sufficiency, discipline practices and strategies, parental support for cognitive development, and child functioning. (author abstract)
Checking in with families in the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation
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