Supporting Families during Formation: Examining predictors of engagement and outcomes of home visiting and supplemental nutrition programs

Session Type: Flash Talk Session

Abstract

Home visiting programs and the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children are prevention and intervention strategies that provide support to many parents and families during a crucial developmental transition and period, from prenatal through postnatal and caring for young children. A better understanding of how participant characteristics may affect outcomes is crucial to promoting inclusion in program dissemination and achieving equity in outcomes. This Flash Talk session explores programs along these dimensions and developmental continuum. The first paper examines the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children and investigates barriers of participation in that program for both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking moms; these preliminary analyses could have major implications to helping us understand the successful use of the larlgest federal nutritional program for pregnant and postpartum women and children under five. The second paper examines longterm outcomes of an implementation of Nurse Family Partnership that began in 2009, updating the program's outcomes in Texas and exploring differences in outcomes by race or ethnicity. The third paper looks at more recent implementation of three state-funded home visiting programs in Texas, using data collected at program enrollment and an additional survey to assess a family’s current social, economic, and health needs. Preliminary results suggest differences in family characteristics at enrollment across White, Black, and Hispanic families.

Sub Unit

• Prevention and Interventions

Individual Presentations

• Qualitative exploration of barriers to participation in the WIC program for English-speaking and Spanish-speaking mothers - Presenting Author: Irma Arteaga, University of Missouri - Columbia; Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez, Arizona State University; Michelle Segovia, University of Missouri; Youngbin Lee, University of Missouri - Columbia

• Effects of a Home Visiting Program on Child’s Health, Mother’s Health, and Parenting Behaviors - Presenting Author: Mason Shero, Vanderbilt University; Hilary Ann Doe, Vanderbilt University; Cynthia A Osborne, Vanderbilt University; Jennifer Huffman, Vanderbilt University

• Opportunities to Do more? Assessing Current Needs Among Texas Families Receiving Home Visiting Services - Monica G Navarro, Vanderbilt University; Presenting Author: Liliane Nienstedt, Vanderbilt University