Publications
Where can I get more information about HFNY’s effectiveness?
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Fact Sheets
Status Reports
- Healthy Families New York:Status Report - 2021
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - April 2021
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - March 2021
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - February 2021
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - January 2021
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - December - 2020
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - November - 2020
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - October - 2020
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - September - 2020
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - August - 2020
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - July - 2020
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - June - 2020
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - May 2020
- Community Based Prevention Programs:Status Report - April 2020
Research Briefs
- Shifting Patterns in Healthy Families New York Referrals - 2024
- Research Brief - Changes in Assessment scores after Implementation of One-Step Process Pilot 2015-2020
- Healthy Families New York: Findings from a Pilot Study of Enrollment Processes - 03/2021
- Research Brief Fall 2019, Curricula Delivery at Healthy Families New York Programs
- Social Network Analysis of HFNY Referrals
- Exploring Strengths and Challenges in Obtaining Referrals from the Women, Infants and Children Program
- Key Demographic and Organizational Factors in Predicting Healthy Families New York Home Visitor Retention
- Healthy Families New York Prevents Child Maltreatment 2013
- Healthy Families New York Home Visiting Program Improves Birth Outcomes—Research Brief
- Healthy Families New York Promotes Success at School 2012
- The Healthy Families New York Home Visiting Program: Findings from the Randomized Controlled Trial, 2010
- Healthy Families New York: Results of First Year Evaluation, 2004
Reports
- 2019 HFNY Triennial
Report
- 2018-2019 HFNY Annual Service Review - Appendix C
- 2017-2018 HFNY
Annual Service Review - Appendix B
- Healthy Families New York Home
Visiting Program: 2016 Triennial Report
- HEALTHY FAMILIES NEW YORK: PROGRAM SERVICES AND
OUTCOMES ANALYSIS 2016 - 2017
- Evaluating the effectiveness of home visiting services in promoting children’s
adjustment in school: Final report to the Pew Center on the States.
Kirkland, K. & Mitchell-Herzfeld, S. (2012). Rensselaer, New York: New York State Office of Children and Family Services. - A randomized trial
of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): Does home visiting prevent child maltreatment?
DuMont, K., Kirkland, K., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Ehrhard-Dietzel, S., Rodriquez, M., Lee, E., Layne, C., and Greene, R. (2011). Final Report to National Institute of Justice (Grant # 2006-MU-MU-0002). - Effects of Healthy
Families New York on maternal behaviors: Observational assessments of positive and negative
parenting
DuMont, K., Rodriguez, M., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Walden, N., Kirkland, K., Greene, R., & Lee, E. (2008). Rensselaer, NY: New York State Office of Children and Family Services. - Healthy Families New York
(HFNY) randomized trial: Impacts on parenting after the first two years.
DuMont, K., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Greene, R., Lee, E., Lowenfels, A., & Rodriquez, M. (2006). Rensselaer, NY: New York State Office of Children & Family Services. - Evaluation of Healthy Families New York
(HFNY): First year program impacts
Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Izzo, C., Greene, R., Lee, E. & Lowenfels, A. (2005). Rensselaer, NY: New York State Office of Children & Family Services.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
- Sustained
Impact on Parenting Practices:
Year 7 Findings from the Healthy Families New York Randomized Controlled Trial
Kristen Kirkland,Eunju Lee, Carolyn Smith and Rose Greene - Prevention Science volume 21,pages 498–507(2020) - Reducing Maltreatment
Recurrence Through Home Visitation: A
Promising Intervention for Child Welfare Involved Families
Eunju Lee, Kristen Kirkland,Claudia Miranda-Julian, and Rose Greene - Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, Volume 86, Dec 2018 - Engaging At-Risk Fathers in Home Visiting Services:
Effects on Program Retention and Father Involvement
Sandra McGinnis, Eunju Lee, Kristen Kirkland, Carolyn Smith, Claudia Miranda-Julian and Rose Greene - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, July 2018) - Let's Talk About Breastfeeding: The Importance of Delivering
a Message in a Home Visiting Program
Sandra McGinnis, Eunju Lee, Kristen Kirkland,Claudia Miranda-Julian, and Rose Greene (2017) American Journal of Health Promotion 1-8 - Effectiveness of home visiting as a strategy for promoting children’s
adjustment to school.
Kirkland, K. (2013). Zero to Three, 33, 31-37. - Organizational climate and burnout among home visitors: Testing mediating effects of
empowerment.
Lee, E., Esaki, N., Kim, J., Greene, R., Kirkland, K. & Mitchell-Herzfeld, S. (2013). Children and Youth Services Review, 35, 594-602. - Averting
child maltreatment: Individual, social, and community resources.
DuMont, K., Ehrhard-Dietzel, S. & Kirkland, K. (2011) in Michael Ungar (Ed.) The Social Ecology of Resilience: A Handbook of Theory and Practice. - Risk
and protective factors for child neglect during early childhood: A cross-study comparison.
Shook-Slack, K., Berger, L. M., DuMont, K., Yang. M., Kim, B., Ehrhard-Dietzel, S. & Holl, J. L. (2011) Children and Youth Services Review, 33, 1354-1363. - Effects
of Healthy Families New York on the promotion of maternal parenting competencies and the prevention
of harsh parenting.
Rodriguez, M. L., Dumont, K., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S. D., Walden, N. J., Greene, R. (2010). Child Abuse and Neglect, 34, 711-723. - Reducing low birth weight
through home visitation: A randomized controlled trial.
Lee, E., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Lowenfels, A., Greene, R., Dorabawila, V., & DuMont, K. (2009). American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36, 154-160. - Author
response: Reducing low birth weight through home visitation.
Lee, E., Greene, R., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., & DuMont, K. (2009). American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 37, 472-473. - Healthy
Families New York (HFNY) randomized trial: Effects on early child abuse and neglect.
DuMont, K., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Greene, R., Lee, E., Lowenfels, A., Rodriguez, M., & Dorabawila, V. (2008). Child Abuse & Neglect, 32, 295-315.
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