Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers

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Model effectiveness research report last updated: 2011

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Positive parenting practices

Findings rated moderate

Koniak-Griffin, D., Anderson, N. L., Brecht, M. L., Verzemnieks, I., Lesser, J., & Kim, S. (2002). Public health nursing care for adolescent mothers: Impact on infant health and selected maternal outcomes at 1 year postbirth. Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 30(1), 44–54.

Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
NCAST child’s score	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	One year postpartum	San Bernardino sample, NCAST sample	93 mothers	Mean = 19.33	Mean = 19.16	Mean difference = 0.17	HomeVEE calculated = 0.09	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	footnote102 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors report whether the groups are significantly different or not, but do not report actual p-values.
NCAST mother’s score	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	One year postpartum	San Bernardino sample, NCAST sample	93 mothers	Mean = 34.04	Mean = 33.05	Mean difference = 0.00	HomeVEE calculated = 0.25	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	footnote102 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors report whether the groups are significantly different or not, but do not report actual p-values.
NCAST total score	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	One year postpartum	San Bernardino sample, NCAST sample	93 mothers	Mean = 53.36	Mean = 52.20	Mean difference = 1.16	HomeVEE calculated = 0.25	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	footnote102 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors report whether the groups are significantly different or not, but do not report actual p-values.

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties
NCAST child’s score	The Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCAST) is a 73–item binary scale that measures maternal and child contributions to dyadic interactive quality.	Coding of videotaped parent-child interaction during structured play episodes	Cronbach’s α = 0.71
NCAST mother’s score	The Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCAST) is a 73–item binary scale that measures maternal and child contributions to dyadic interactive quality.	Coding of videotaped parent-child interaction during structured play episodes	Cronbach’s α = 0.77
NCAST total score	The Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCAST) is a 73–item binary scale that measures maternal and child contributions to dyadic interactive quality.	Coding of videotaped parent-child interaction during structured play episodes	Cronbach’s α = 0.80

Koniak-Griffin, D., Verzemnieks, I. L., Anderson, N. L., Brecht, M. L., Lesser, J., Kim, S., et al. (2003). Nurse visitation for adolescent mothers: Two-year infant health and maternal outcomes. Nursing Research, 52(2), 127–136.

Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
NCAST child’s score	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Two years postpartum	San Bernardino sample, NCAST sample	90 mothers	Not available	Not available	Not reported	Not available	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	footnote102 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors report whether the groups are significantly different or not, but do not report actual p-values.
NCAST mother’s score	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Two years postpartum	San Bernardino sample, NCAST sample	90 mothers	Not available	Not available	Not reported	Not available	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	footnote102 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors report whether the groups are significantly different or not, but do not report actual p-values.
NCAST total score	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Two years postpartum	San Bernardino sample, NCAST sample	90 mothers	Mean = 51.67	Mean = 52.61	Mean difference = -0.94	HomeVEE calculated = -0.22	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	footnote102 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors report whether the groups are significantly different or not, but do not report actual p-values. , footnote106 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Information on outcomes was received through communication with the authors.
HOME	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Two years postpartum	San Bernardino sample, HOME sample	99 mothers	Mean = 38.07	Mean = 38.80	Mean difference = -0.73	HomeVEE calculated = -0.16	Not statistically significant, p > 0.05	footnote102 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors report whether the groups are significantly different or not, but do not report actual p-values. , footnote106 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Information on outcomes was received through communication with the authors.

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties
NCAST child’s score	The Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCAST) is a 73–item binary scale that measures maternal and child contributions to dyadic interactive quality.	Coding of videotaped parent-child interaction during structured play episodes	Cronbach’s α = 0.71
NCAST mother’s score	The Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCAST) is a 73–item binary scale that measures maternal and child contributions to dyadic interactive quality.	Coding of videotaped parent-child interaction during structured play episodes	Cronbach’s α = 0.77
NCAST total score	The Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCAST) is a 73–item binary scale that measures maternal and child contributions to dyadic interactive quality.	Coding of videotaped parent-child interaction during structured play episodes	Cronbach’s α = 0.80
Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME)	The HOME scale is a 45–item measure that assesses parenting practices and the child’s home environment, including physical structure, play materials, and amount of stimulation.	Parent/caregiver report and observational assessment	Cronbach’s α = 0.71

Koniak-Griffin, D., Anderson, N. L., Verzemnieks, I., & Brecht, M. L. (2000). A public health nursing early intervention program for adolescent mothers: Outcomes from pregnancy through 6 weeks postpartum. Nursing Research, 49(3), 130–138.

Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
NCAST mother’s score	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 weeks postpartum	San Bernardino sample, NCAST sample	97 mothers	Not available	Not available	Not reported	Not available	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	footnote102 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors report whether the groups are significantly different or not, but do not report actual p-values.
NCAST total score	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 weeks postpartum	San Bernardino sample, NCAST sample	97 mothers	Mean = 39.31	Mean = 41.40	Mean difference = -2.09	HomeVEE calculated = -0.28	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	footnote102 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Authors report whether the groups are significantly different or not, but do not report actual p-values. , footnote106 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Information on outcomes was received through communication with the authors.

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties
Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCAST) mother’s score	The NCAST is a 73–item binary scale that measures maternal and child contributions to dyadic interactive quality.	Coding of videotaped parent-child interaction during structured play episodes	Cronbach’s α = 0.77
Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCAST) total score	The NCAST is a 73–item binary scale that measures maternal and child contributions to dyadic interactive quality.	Coding of videotaped parent-child interaction during structured play episodes	Cronbach’s α = 0.80

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