Nurse home visitation cut verified child abuse cases by 80 percent at age two.

Evidence

At child age two, home-visited mothers had 80 percent fewer verified cases of child abuse and neglect compared to controls — an effect size that established nurse home visitation as an evidence-based maltreatment prevention approach and launched the replication program across Memphis, Denver, and subsequently dozens of domestic and international sites. The design’s deliberate feature of continuity — the same nurse throughout the two-year program — operationalized the protective-factor research finding that a consistent, attuned adult relationship is among the most reliable predictors of transmission interruption. — , The Rod and the Child, 10656

Categorization

• XREF: The 80 percent effect size is a striking anchor for the Egeland protective-factors and Fonagy reflective-functioning common mechanism.