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Direct linkNowak, Christoph; Heinrichs, Nina – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2008
A meta-analysis encompassing all studies evaluating the impact of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program on parent and child outcome measures was conducted in an effort to identify variables that moderate the program's effectiveness. Hierarchical linear models (HLM) with three levels of data were employed to analyze effect sizes. The results (N =…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Education, Child Rearing, Program Effectiveness
Shambleau, Krista M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Federally funded Healthy Marriage Initiative (HMI) programs provide marriage education as well as other services to low-income diverse individuals and couples at many points along the marital continuum with improving children's well-being as the overarching purpose. These programs need appropriate measures of healthy marriage for couples with…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Interpersonal Relationship, Disadvantaged Youth, Child Rearing
Hill, Laura Griner; Betz, Drew L. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2005
The purpose of the present study was to examine a common practice in some areas of program evaluation, the retrospective pretest, and to present recommendations regarding its use. The authors review literature to emphasize first, that bias is likely in both prospective and retrospective ratings, and second, that under some circumstances,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Family Programs, Effect Size, Pretesting
Download full textLayzer, Jean I.; Goodson, Barbara D.; Bernstein, Lawrence; Price, Cristofer – 2001
This volume is part of the final report of the National Evaluation of Family Support Programs and details findings from a meta-analysis of extant research on programs providing family support services. Chapter A1 of this volume provides a rationale for using meta-analysis. Chapter A2 describes the steps of preparation for the meta-analysis.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Effect Size, Family Programs
Astuto, Jennifer; Allen, LaRue – Society for Research in Child Development, 2009
More than 10 million children from birth through age six in the US live in low-income families. Although large investments in early childhood intervention programs are evident, is the field fully exploiting its potential to address the diverse needs of children and families? One means of addressing this question is to focus on the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Low Income Groups, Models, Federal Legislation
Newgent, Rebecca A.; Featherston, Larry W.; Stegman, Charles E.; Lee, Sang Min – ERS Spectrum, 2009
The School-Based Mental Health Program's goals are to identify at-risk children, reduce ineffective functioning of at-risk children, provide social service interventions, increase effective parenting skills, help families access community resources, and support mental health education. The program was designed to develop a comprehensive,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Health Education, Health Programs, Mental Health
Lopez, M. Elena, Ed. – The Evaluation Exchange, 2002., 2002
This document is comprised of the three 2002 issues of a newsletter of the Harvard Family Research Project, designed to share new ideas and experiences in evaluating systems reform and comprehensive child and family services. The Spring issue focuses on family support evaluations and their role in advancing the field of family support and includes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Community Programs
