Triadic Interactions in MIECHV: Relations to Home Visit Quality

• DOI: 10.1007/s10995-018-2534-x
• Publication Date: 2018-06-12T04:20:36Z
• Authors: Carla A. Peterson; Kere Hughes-Belding; Neil Rowe; Liuran Fan; Melissa Walter; Leslie Dooley; Wen Wang; Chloe Steffensmeier
• Keywords: Visitor pattern; House call

Objectives This study was conducted to look inside home visits examine active intervention ingredients used and their relations with ratings of visit quality. In particular, triadic interactions that engage the visitor, parent, child together provide a context for visitors facilitate parent-child by observing, modeling coaching behaviors promote optimal development were examined. Methods Observations describe activities (with HVOF-R) rate quality practices engagement HOVRS A+). Results Analyses revealed majority time (71%) spent in visitor-parent only small proportion (17%) an even smaller (2%) during which actively coached interactions. Amount related positively engagement. Moreover, uniquely predicted after accounting length visitor observing modeling. Conclusions Practice Increasing percentage parent interaction should be focus visiting programs. Home will likely need professional supervisory support enhance skills