Citation

Duffee JH, Mendelsohn AL, Kuo AA, Legano LA, Earls MF. Pediatrics 2017; 140(3): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Academy of Pediatrics)

DOI

10.1542/peds.2017-2150

PMID

28847981

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.

Copyright © 2017 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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