Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation-2 (MHFE2)

Tufts University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adolescent Parenting

Treatments: Other: Home visiting

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01926223

TuftsU

Details and patient eligibility

About

Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation is a randomized controlled trial of a statewide home visiting program for first time parents aged 20 years and under. The evaluation uses a mixed-method design to assess participant outcomes in five program goal areas: 1) prevention child abuse and neglect; 2) optimal child development; 3) educational achievement and economic self-sufficiency; 4) parental well-being; and 5) prevention of repeat teenaged births.

Sex: Female

Ages: 16 to 20 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age between 16 and 21 years
• first-time parent

Exclusion criteria

• cognitive delay
• not fluent in either Spanish or English

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

Home visiting Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Home visiting

Control Group

No Intervention group