Improving Adolescent Parenting: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Visiting Program for Young Families.
Objectives. Our aim was to estimate the effects of Healthy Families Massachusetts, a statewide home visiting program serving first-time adolescent parents, on parenting, child development, educational attainment, family planning, and maternal health and well-being. Methods. We used a randomized cont...
| Published in: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 106; no. 2; pp. 342 - 350 |
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