Child Abuse Prevention Literature
Selected professional journal articles that may inform the Parent Aide model:
Ammerman, R.T., Putman, F.K., Kopke, J.E., Gannon, T.A., Short, J.A., & VanGinkel, J.B. (2007). Development and implementation of quality assurance infrastructure in a multisite home visitation program in Ohio and Kentucky. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 34, 89-107.
Bilukha, O., Hahn, R.A., Crosby, A., Fullilove, M.T., Liberman, A., Moscicki, E., et al. (2005). The effectiveness of early childhood home visitation in preventing violence. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 28 (2S1), 11-39.
DePanfillis, D.,& Dubowitz, H. (2005). Family connections: A program for preventing child neglect. Child Maltreatment, 108-123.
DePanfilis, D., & Zuravin, S.J. (1999). Predicting child maltreatment during treatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 23(8), 729-743.
Duggan, A., Fuddy, L., Burrell, L., Higman, S.M., McFarlance, E., Windham, A., et al. (2004). Randomized trial of a state wide home visiting program to prevent child abuse: Impact in reducing parental risk factors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(6), 623-643.
Epstein, I. (2009). Promoting harmony where there is commonly conflict: Evidence-informed practice as an integrative strategy. Social Work in Health Care, 48, 216-231.
Fantuzzo, J., Stevenson, H., Kabir, S., & Perry, M. (2007). An investigation of a community-based intervention for socially isolated parents with a history of child maltreatment. Journal of Family Violence, 22(2), 81-89.
Gambrill, E. (2009). Evidence-based (informed) macro practice: Process and philosophy. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 5, 423-452..
Girvin, H., Depanfilis, D., & Daining, C. (2007). Predicting program completion among families enrolled in a child neglect prevention intervention. Research on Social Work Practice, 17, 674-685.
Harder, J. (2005). Prevention of child abuse and neglect: An evaluation of a home visitation Parent Aide program using recidivism data. Research on Social Work Practice, 4, 246-256.
Krysik, J. & LeCroy, C. W. (2007). The evaluation of Healthy Families Arizona: A multisite home visitation program. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 34, 109-127.
MacMillan, H.L., Thomas, H.B., Jamieson, E., Walsh, C.A., Boyle, M.H., Shannon, H.S., et al. (2005). Effectiveness of home visitation by public-health nurses in prevention of the recurrence of child physical abuse and neglect: A randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 365, 1786-1793.
McCurdy, K. (2005). The influence of support and stress on maternal attitudes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29(3), 251-268.
Olds, D.L., Eckenrode, J., Henderson, C.R., Kitzman, H., Powers, J., Cole, R., et al. (1997). Long-term effects of home visitation on maternal life course and child abuse and neglect: Fifteen-year follow-up of a randomized trial. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 278(8), 637-643.
Russell M., Gockel A., & Harris B. (2006). Parent perspectives on intensive intervention for child maltreatment. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 24(2), 101-120.
Russell, B., Britner, P., & Woolard, J. (2007). The promise of primary prevention home visiting programs: A review of potential outcomes. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 34, 129-147.
Sweet, M. A. & Applebaum, M. J. (2004). Is home visiting an effective strategy? A meta-analytic review of home visiting program for families with young children. Child Development, 75 (5) 1435-1456.