title: Lack of effects for home-based early intervention? Some possible explanations.
abstract: A review of research on home-based early intervention programs suggests that statistical evidence in support of program effects is lacking. Methodological problems, inadequacies in causal modeling, and limitations inherent in the intervention approach are examined.
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007360:Intelligence; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors