title: A cognitive approach to child mistreatment prevention among medically at-risk infants.
abstract: The authors assessed the effectiveness of a home visitation program in enhancing the early parenting history of infants born at medical risk--a population that is at risk for mistreatment. A randomized clinical trial design was used to compare the effects of a cognitively based extension of the Healthy Start home visitation program (HV+) with a visitation condition that did not include this component (HV). In the HV+ condition, they observed (a) a lower use of corporal punishment, (b) greater safety maintenance in the home, and (c) fewer reported child injuries. The sample (N = 102) was primarily Latino; however, the effects of the intervention were not qualified by ethnicity, maternal education, or immigration status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, USA. bugental@psych.ucsb.edu
authors.forename: Daphne Blunt
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Bugental
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult