Effects of home visiting on adolescent mothers' parenting attitudes

Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct;102(10):1860-2. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300934. Epub 2012 Aug 16.

Abstract

We examined the impact of a home visiting intervention on 227 adolescent mothers' parenting attitudes. At enrollment, half of mothers were at risk for child maltreatment. Mothers assigned to intervention (n = 161) received home visits and case management. Intervention and comparison mothers (n = 66) participated in monthly peer group meetings. Regression analyses controlling for enrollment differences indicated that intervention group mothers had significant improvements in 3 of 5 subscales and in total Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory-2 scores relative to the comparison group.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Attitude
  • Case Management
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child Abuse / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • House Calls*
  • Humans
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Mothers / psychology*
  • Parenting*
  • Regression Analysis
  • United States