title: Knowledge gained by mothers enrolled in a home visitation program.
abstract: This study examined whether new mothers would gain knowledge of child development after participating in a home visitation program for six months, and whether there would be differences between adolescent mothers and older mothers. Forty-seven mothers were administered the Knowledge Inventory of Development and Behavior: Infancy to School-age (KIDS) after the birth of their babies and six months later. Results indicated an overall increase in total knowledge of child development for mothers (of all ages) participating in a home visitation program. KIDS subscale scores indicated a significant increase in new mothers' knowledge about both infant and school-age development. There was no significant difference between the adolescent and older mothers in knowledge of infant development.
authors.affiliation: Tulsa City-County Health Department, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
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authors.lastname: Hammond-Ratzlaff
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authors.lastname: Fulton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012449:Safety; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires