Early Childhood Home Visiting.

Authors :: Duffee JH
Mendelsohn AL
Kuo AA
Legano LA
Earls MF
Source :: Pediatrics [Pediatrics] 2017 Sep; Vol. 140 (3).
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: High-quality home-visiting services for infants and young children can improve family relationships, advance school readiness, reduce child maltreatment, improve maternal-infant health outcomes, and increase family economic self-sufficiency. The American Academy of Pediatrics supports unwavering federal funding of state home-visiting initiatives, the expansion of evidence-based programs, and a robust, coordinated national evaluation designed to confirm best practices and cost-efficiency. Community home visiting is most effective as a component of a comprehensive early childhood system that actively includes and enhances a family-centered medical home.<br />Competing Interests: POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.<br /> (Copyright © 2017 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.)