Early childhood home visiting

COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS, COUNCIL ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, COMMITTEE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

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Abstract

High-quality home-visiting services for infants and young children can improve family relationships, advance school readiness, reduce child maltreatment, improve maternal-infant health outcomes, and increase family economic self-sufficiency. The American Academy of Pediatrics supports unwavering federal funding of state home-visiting initiatives, the expansion of evidence-based programs, and a robust, coordinated national evaluation designed to confirm best practices and cost-efficiency. Community home visiting is most effective as a component of a comprehensive early childhood system that actively includes and enhances a family-centered medical home.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere20172150
JournalPediatrics
Volume140
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2017
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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