Effects of Web-Based Support on Early Head Start Home Visitors’ Use of Evidence-Based Intervention Decision Making and Growth in Children's Expressive Communication

In today's cost challenged healthcare environment accountable care and evidence-based decision making have become important considerations. Contemporaneous to this is the fact that the superior management of diabetes has become a global priority especially given the exponential increase in the number of diabetes patients as well as the financial implications of treating this silent epidemic. Thus, this research focuses on trying to address these respective yet critical issues by examining the possibility of using a mobile web-based reporting system that taps into existing widely available resources to monitor and manage gestational diabetes. To test this solution, we adopted a randomized control trial with two-arm cross over applied to a not-for profit hospital in Victoria, Australia. From the perspective of practice, we have uncovered far reaching implications for hospital management's cost vs. quality care to patients. In particular, it appears that the adoption of smartphones to support many aspects of care and patient-clinician interactions is prudent.

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Evaluating Two Oral Health Video Interventions with Early Head Start Families

International Journal of Dentistry ◽

10.1155/2013/437830 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Lynn B. Wilson ◽

Barbara DeBaryshe ◽

Malkeet Singh ◽

Sharon Taba

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Oral Health ◽

Head Start ◽

Low Income ◽

Early Head Start ◽

Infants And Toddlers ◽

Home Visitors ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Low Income Families ◽

Family Centered

Poor oral health in early childhood can have long-term consequences, and parents often are unaware of the importance of preventive measures for infants and toddlers. Children in rural, low-income families suffer disproportionately from the effects of poor oral health. Participants were 91 parents of infants and toddlers enrolled in Early Head Start (EHS) living in rural Hawai'i, USA. In this quasi-experimental design, EHS home visitors were assigned to use either a didactic or family-centered video with parents they served. Home visitors reviewed short segments of the assigned videos with parents over an eight-week period. Both groups showed significant prepost gains on knowledge and attitudes/behaviors relating to early oral health as well as self-reported changes in family oral health routines at a six-week followup. Controlling for pretest levels, parents in the family-centered video group showed larger changes in attitudes/behaviors at posttest and a higher number of positive changes in family oral health routines at followup. Results suggest that family-centered educational videos are a promising method for providing anticipatory guidance to parents regarding early childhood oral health. Furthermore, establishing partnerships between dental care, early childhood education, and maternal health systems offers a model that broadens potential reach with minimal cost.

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Using Accelerated Learning to Train Early Head Start Home Visitors to Strengthen Parents' Capacity to Promote Children's Learning

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e584762012-203 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer Swanson ◽

Carol Trivette

Keyword(s):

Head Start ◽

Early Head Start ◽

Accelerated Learning ◽

Home Visitors ◽

Children’S Learning ◽

Children's Learning

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IMPLEMENTING AN ATTACHMENT-BASED PARENTING INTERVENTION WITHIN HOME-BASED EARLY HEAD START: HOME-VISITORS’ PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES

Infant Mental Health Journal ◽

10.1002/imhj.21654 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (4) ◽

pp. 514-522 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Allison L. West ◽

Elizabeth M. Aparicio ◽

Lisa J. Berlin ◽

Brenda Jones Harden

Keyword(s):

Head Start ◽

Early Head Start ◽

Parenting Intervention ◽

Home Visitors ◽

Home Based

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Accountable Care and Evidence-Based Decision Making

Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management - Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0920-2.ch034 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 567-576

Author(s):

Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽

Steve L Goldberg

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Quality Care ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Accountable Care ◽

Web Based ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Global Priority ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Evidence Based Decision Making

In today's cost challenged healthcare environment accountable care and evidence-based decision making have become important considerations. Contemporaneous to this is the fact that the superior management of diabetes has become a global priority especially given the exponential increase in the number of diabetes patients as well as the financial implications of treating this silent epidemic. Thus, this research focuses on trying to address these respective yet critical issues by examining the possibility of using a mobile web-based reporting system that taps into existing widely available resources to monitor and manage gestational diabetes. To test this solution, we adopted a randomized control trial with two-arm cross over applied to a not-for profit hospital in Victoria, Australia. From the perspective of practice, we have uncovered far reaching implications for hospital management's cost vs. quality care to patients. In particular, it appears that the adoption of smartphones to support many aspects of care and patient-clinician interactions is prudent.

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