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Early childhood behavior > Healthy Steps (eECB) > Caughy 2004

Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	45.960
Context details	Children from different socioeconomic backgrounds enrolled at the hospital following the birth or at the pediatric practice within 4 weeks of birth
Age	At birth

2. Intervention

Implementation year	N/A
Implementer	Researchers
Duration (months)	36
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Families received 9 pediatric office visits, 6 home visits by a team of physician/pediatric nurse and Healthy Steps specialist; 6 sites participated

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	Individual

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Behavioral	Attachment Q-Sort	2	233	YT1: 0.42; YC1: 0.42; SDT1: 0.03; SDC1: 0.03; NT1: 134; NC1: 99
Complete sample	Behavioral	CBCL-total problems score	2	233	YT1: 49.53; YC1: 49.53; SDT1: 0.98; SDC1: 1.12; NT1: 134; NC1: 99

Study	Caughy, Margaret O’Brien, Keng-Yen Huang, Therese Miller, and Janice L. Genevro. "The effects of the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program: Results from observations of parenting and child development." Early Childhood Research Quarterly 19, no. 4 (2004): 611-630.