Effect of a Paraprofessional Home-Visiting Intervention on American Indian Teen Mothers’ and Infants’ Behavioral Risks: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Allison Barlow, Britta Mullany, Nicole Neault, Scott N. Compton, Alice S. Carter, Ranelda Hastings, Trudy Billy, Valerie Coho-Mescal, Sherilynn Lorenzo, John T. Walkup

American Journal of Psychiatry · 2013 · 97 citations · 42 references

Abstract

Outcomes 12 months postpartum suggest that the Family Spirit intervention improves parenting and infant outcomes that predict lower lifetime behavioral and drug use risk for participating teen mothers and children.

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