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Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	47.564
Context details	Children with normal birthweight and no impairments residents in Cleveland
Age	At birth - 9 months

2. Intervention

Implementation year	1999
Implementer	Other
Duration (months)	36
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Families received 2 home visits in the first month and monthly visits and group meetings thereafter

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	Individual

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Cognitive	KABS-simultaneous processing	2	331	YT1: 107.77; YC1: 107.77; SDT1: 15.33; SDC1: 14.99; NT1: 161; NC1: 170
Complete sample	Cognitive	KABS-mental processing	2	295	YT1: 109.13; YC1: 109.13; SDT1: 14.47; SDC1: 14.06; NT1: 141; NC1: 154
Complete sample	Cognitive	KABC-sequential processing	2	298	YT1: 105.91; YC1: 105.91; SDT1: 14.66; SDC1: 14.13; NT1: 142; NC1: 156

Study	Drotar, Dennis, J. Robinson, L. Jeavons, and H. Lester Kirchner. "A Randomized, Controlled Evaluation of Early Intervention: The Born to Learn Curriculum." Child: Care, Health and Development 35, no. 5 (2009): 643-649.