The Right@Home program aims to improve parent care and responsivity, and the home learning environment. The program is structured around the core MECSH framework and training (Kemp et al. 2011), bolstered by five evidence-based strategies for content (sleep, safety, nutrition, regulation, and bonding and/or relationship) and two evidence-based strategies for the delivery process (video feedback and motivational interviewing strategies).
The program is designed for families of infants who have been identified as at risk, based on a broad range of psychosocial and socioeconomic risk factors, identified by an assessment.
Right@Home is an Australian program, evaluated in Australia. In an RCT study of 722 mothers (596 in final sample) and their infants, 41.4% of mothers lived in an area with the lowest decile of locational disadvantage in the country, 41.3% were living on welfare payments, 24.4% did not complete high school, and 8.6% spoke a language other than English at home (Goldfeld et al. 2019). The study did not report on the Indigenous status of the sample.
Hostile parenting, Parental warmth, Safe home environment: The program had a positive effect on hostile parenting, warm parenting, and child safety, through the provision of a safe home environment (Goldfeld et al. 2019). Improvements were shown in specific outcomes such as regular bedtimes for children, improved parental involvement in children’s learning, and a greater variety of social interactions and stimulation.
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Overall, the program had a positive effect on client outcomes.
Promising research evidence:
The program comprises 25 nurse home visits, from pregnancy through to when the child is 2 years old. Visits become less frequent over time.
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Right@Home is delivered by a multidisciplinary team of nurses and social workers.
One RCT with 722 women; 306 of the 363 women in the intervention group provided data when the child was 2 years old, compared with 290 of 359 women in the control group (Goldfeld et al. 2019).
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