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Touchpoints for addressing substance use issues in home visiting
Investigator (PI): Del Grosso, Patricia
Performing Organization (PO): (Current): Mathematica Policy Research / (609) 799-3535
Supporting Agency (SA): United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Initial Year: 2017
Final Year: 2020
Record Source/Award ID: RePorter/HHSP2333 ; RePorter/HHSP233201500035I
Funding: 2017 Award Amount: $567,973
Award Type: Grant
Abstract: The goal of the Touchpoints for Addressing Substance Use Issues in Home Visiting project is to generate knowledge about how home visiting programs, including those funded through HRSA's and ACF's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, engage and support families around prevention, treatment, and recovery from substance use issues. The project includes the development of an overarching conceptual model and a series of detailed models that reflect the pathways (i.e., touchpoints) through which home visiting programs can address substance misuse among families. The project will inventory current practices related to substance use issues across state, territory, and tribal home visiting programs. The project will review empirical literature in home visiting, and child welfare, substance abuse, and public health fields to identify promising areas of focus for home visiting. The project will identify evidence-informed practices as well as gaps in knowledge on working with families, supporting frontline staff, and building collaborations with referral sources. If funded, the project will develop design options for a range of studies that have the potential to inform a research agenda related to addressing substance use issues in the context of home visiting programs.
MeSH Terms:
  • Child
  • Child Welfare
  • Child, Preschool
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Family Health
  • Female
  • * Home Care Services
  • * House Calls
  • Humans
  • Indians, North American
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Maternal Health Services /organization & administration
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Program Development
  • Public Health
  • Social Support
  • Substance-Related Disorders /*rehabilitation
    • /*therapy
  • United States
  • United States Health Resources and Services Administration
Keywords:
  • Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
  • Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Tribal MIECHV)
  • home visiting
  • substance use disorder
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Zip Code: 08543
UI: 20182362
Project Status: Completed