Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) Program

Last updated: 2015

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Child health

Findings rated moderate

Williams, C. M., Asaolu, I., English, B., Jewell, T., Smith, K., & Robl, J. (2014). Child health improvement by HANDS home visiting program (Unpublished manuscript). University of Kentucky Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lexington, KY.

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Infant deceased in hospital (proportion)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Birth	Kentucky 2011-2012 matched	4506 infants	Unadjusted mean = 0.00	Unadjusted mean = 0.02	OR = 0.06	HomeVEE calculated = -1.70	Statistically significant, p = 0.00	footnote213 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable.
Low birth weight (proportion)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Birth	Kentucky 2011-2012 matched	4506 infants	Unadjusted mean = 0.07	Unadjusted mean = 0.12	OR = 0.54	HomeVEE calculated = -0.37	Statistically significant, p = 0.00	footnote213 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable.
Preterm birth (proportion)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Birth	Kentucky 2011-2012 matched	4506 infants	Unadjusted mean = 0.11	Unadjusted mean = 0.14	OR = 0.74	HomeVEE calculated = -0.18	Statistically significant, p = 0.00	footnote213 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable.

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties	Operations links
Infant deceased in hospital (proportion)	Percentage of infants who were not living at the time the birth certificate was completed	Live birth records	Not reported by author
Low birth weight (proportion)	Percentage of children who were identified as low birth weight (<2500 grams)	Live birth records	Not reported by author
Preterm birth (proportion)	Percentage of children who were delivered at less than 37 weeks’ gestation	Live birth records	Not reported by author

Williams, C. M., Asaolu, I., English, B., Jewell, T., Smith, K., & Robl, J. (2014). Maternal and child health improvement by HANDS home visiting program in the Bluegrass area development district (Unpublished manuscript). University of Kentucky Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lexington, KY.

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Low birth weight	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Birth	Kentucky 2011-2012 matched, Bluegrass	898 mother/child dyads	Unadjusted mean = 0.08	Unadjusted mean = 0.05	OR = 1.57	HomeVEE calculated = 0.27	Not statistically significant, p = 0.10
Preterm birth	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Birth	Kentucky 2011-2012 matched, Bluegrass	898 mother/child dyads	Unadjusted mean = 0.10	Unadjusted mean = 0.31	OR = 0.21	HomeVEE calculated = -0.95	Statistically significant, p = 0.00	footnote213 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable.

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties	Operations links
Low birth weight	Percentage of children who were identified as low birth weight (<2500 grams)	Live birth records	Not reported by author
Preterm birth	Percentage of children who were delivered at less than 37 weeks’ gestation	Live birth records	Not reported by author

Williams, C. M., Asaolu, I., English, B., Jewell, T., Smith, K., & Robl, J. (2014). Maternal and child health improvement by HANDS home visiting program in the KIPDA area development district, Kentucky (Unpublished manuscript). University of Kentucky Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lexington, KY.

Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) Program

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Breastfeeding	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Birth	Kentucky 2011-2012 matched, KIPDA	376 mother/child dyads	Unadjusted mean = 0.70	Unadjusted mean = 0.54	OR = 2.16	HomeVEE calculated = 0.47	Statistically significant, p = 0.00
Low birth weight	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Birth	Kentucky 2011-2012 matched, KIPDA	376 mother/child dyads	Unadjusted mean = 0.07	Unadjusted mean = 0.15	OR = 0.44	HomeVEE calculated = -0.50	Statistically significant, p = 0.02	footnote213 Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable.
Preterm birth	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Birth	Kentucky 2011-2012 matched, KIPDA	376 mother/child dyads	Unadjusted mean = 0.12	Unadjusted mean = 0.15	OR = 0.76	HomeVEE calculated = -0.17	Not statistically significant, p = 0.36

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties	Operations links
Breastfeeding	Percentage of women who were breastfeeding when discharged from the hospital	Live birth records	Not reported by author
Low birth weight	Percentage of children who were identified as low birth weight (<2500 grams)	Live birth records	Not reported by author
Preterm birth	Percentage of children who were delivered at less than 37 weeks’ gestation	Live birth records	Not reported by author

Williams, C. M., Asaolu, I., English, B., Jewell, T., Smith, K., & Robl, J. (2014). Maternal health improvement by HANDS home visiting program (Unpublished manuscript). University of Kentucky Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lexington, KY.

Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) Program

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance
Breastfeeding (proportion)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Birth	Kentucky 2011-2012 matched	4506 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 0.55	Unadjusted mean = 0.57	OR = 0.91	HomeVEE calculated = -0.06	Not statistically significant, p = 0.15

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Outcome measure	Outcome measure description	Collection method	Properties	Operations links
Breastfeeding (proportion)	Percentage of women who were breastfeeding when discharged from the hospital	Live birth records	Not reported by author

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