Systematic review and meta-analysis of home visiting interventions aimed at enhancing child mental health, psychosocial, and developmental outcomes in vulnerable families.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous systematic reviews have shown home visiting interventions to be effective at improving a variety of parent and child outcomes. No review has, however, examined the impact of home visiting programs targeting child (aged 0-5 years) mental health, socioemotional and/or developmental outcomes in the context of families with high vulnerability and complex needs.

Method

A systematic review and meta-analysis were undertaken to examine and synthesize the literature on home visiting programs administered by professionals/paraprofessionals for families with young children, high vulnerability, and complex needs. PsychInfo, Scopus, Embase, PubMed, and CINAHL were searched through August 2023. A manual review was also undertaken of the reference lists of the articles

SUBMITTER: Cibralic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12013050 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature