Re: Evaluation information sought

[Nico Trocme <nico.trocme@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Harriet MacMillan and Helen Thomas at McMaster are completing an 
RCT for a PHN Home Visitation program for abusive and 
neglectfulfamilies.  The pilot study is reported in the Canadian Journal 
of Psychiatry 36(6)?

Dr. Nico Trocmé
Centre for Applied Social Research
Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
246 Bloor St West 
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, M5S 1A1  

TEL:  (416) 978-5718 
FAX:  (416) 978-7072  
EMAIL: nico.trocme@utoronto.ca


On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:57:44 -0500 Anne Brady wrote:

> From: Anne Brady <abrady@emerald.tufts.edu>
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:57:44 -0500
> Subject: Evaluation information sought
> To: Child Maltreatment Researchers 
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.>
> 
> 
> I am the project manager of the evaluation (P.I.s:  Fran Jacobs and 
Ann
> Easterbrooks) of a new program in Massachusetts that has as one of 
its
> goals "the prevention of child abuse and neglect by supporting 
positive,
> effective parenting skills and nurturing home environments."  The 
program
> is a statewide and intends to provide services on a voluntary basis 
to
> families with first-time mothers under the age of 20.  Maternal age 
and
> parity are the only eligibility criteria.  Services will involve home
> visitation, center-based groups, and other services from the prenatal
> period until the child is three.  Parents are eligible to enter
> the program during the prenatal period through child age 3 months.
> 
> We are in the design phase of the evaluation.  One of our promised
> products to our funder (the Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund) is a
> literature review on evaluation of such programs. We need to let 
them know
> how evaluations of similar programs have been conducted in the 
past and
> then the direction in which we are taking this evaluation.
> 
> So, here, after much explanation, is my request:  if you know of any
> evaluations of programs that provide similar services to those 
described
> above, I would greatly appreciate it if you could alert me to them. We 
are
> especially interested in programs and evaluations that have not 
published
> their evaluation reports.  If you have any information that you would 
be
> willing to share with us, my address and contact information are 
below.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Anne
> 
> 
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> 
> Anne Brady, Ph.D.				 	
(617) 627-3866
> Project Manager					(fax)	
(617) 627-3503
> Healthy Families Evaluation Project
> Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
> Tufts University
> 105 College Ave.
> Medford,MA  02155
> 
> e-mail:  abrady@tufts.edu
>