Home Visiting Assessments of Implementation Quality
Home visiting programs share a common goal of supporting families with young children. However, little is known about what high-quality home visiting looks like and what aspects of implementation quality correlate with stronger family outcomes.
Drivers of quality may also vary across levels of the home visiting system—for example, families, home visitors, communities—and across home visiting models.
This project builds on our earlier work with Child Trends developing a conceptual model of potential “implementation quality threads.” We are designing and leading a study that tests components of the conceptual model framework to assess relationships between home visiting implementation quality, program service delivery, and child and family outcomes. We will disseminate actionable findings to the home visiting field.
Through engagement with home visiting participants and others who have been historically marginalized, diverse perspectives will help inform which “threads” to test, ground the study design in principles of equity and responsiveness to family needs, and enhance the quality and rigor of study design and implementation.
Staff
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Mariel Sparr, Ph.D., M.A.
Senior Research Associate
Mariel Sparr has nearly 15 years of experience in program evaluation, applied research, and research methodology. Her technical skills include quantitative...
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Tonya Bibbs, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Tonya Bibbs has more than 20 years of experience in applied social science research, program evaluation, and research design. She brings to JBA skills in ...
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Patrice Cachat, M.S.W.
Research Associate
Patrice Cachat has nearly 20 years of experience in child and family services with extensive knowledge in child welfare and protection and child and adolescent...
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Alexandra Joraanstad, M.S.
Research Associate
Alexandra Joraanstad has more than 10 years of experience conducting social services evaluation research, with a focus on programs serving parents...
- Katie Sacca Brennan, M.P.H. Research Associate
- Kerry Ryan, M.A. Senior Research Associate
Partner
Child Trends