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The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services

Together, the Community Guide and the Clinical Guide provide evidence-based recommendations across the prevention spectrum.

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Violence Prevention: Early Childhood Home Visitation

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In early childhood home visitation programs, trained personnel visit parents and children at home during the child’s first two years of life in order to provide some combination of information, support, or training about child health, development, and care. The Community Guide reviewed home visitation programs that were designed to prevent violence.

Task Force Recommendations & Findings

This table lists interventions reviewed by the Community Guide, with Task Force findings for each (definitions of findings). Click on an underlined intervention title for a summary of the review.

Early Childhood Home Visitation
To Prevent Child Maltreatment Recommended
February 2002
To Prevent Intimate Partner Violence Insufficient Evidence
February 2002
To Prevent Violence by Parents (Other than Child Maltreatment or Intimate Partner Violence) Insufficient Evidence
February 2002
To Prevent Violence by Children Insufficient Evidence
February 2002

Presentations & Promotional Materials

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Using Evidence for Public Health Decision Making: Violence Prevention Focused on Children and Youth Adobe PDF File [PDF - 466KB] Developed by The Community Guide



Disclaimer

The findings and conclusions on this page are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent those of CDC.

Sample Citation

The content of publications of the Guide to Community Preventive Services is in the public domain. Citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Sample citation:
Guide to Community Preventive Services. Violence Prevention Focused on Children and Youth: early childhood home visitation. www.thecommunityguide.org/violence/home/index.html. Last updated: MM/DD/YYYY.