Birth Outcomes of Second Children after Community-Based Home Visiting

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Margaret Holland, Yale University

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Project Citation:

Holland, Margaret. Birth Outcomes of Second Children after Community-Based Home Visiting. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-12-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E156962V1

Project Description

Summary: The purpose of the original research project was to evaluate birth outcomes of second children after community-based home visiting that targeted first-time parents. Outcomes include gestational age, birthweight, pregnancy spacing, cesarean sections, and timing of prenatal care initiation. Birth certificate data were used to create comparison groups for this observational study. Birth outcomes for the NFN second children were compared to: (a) their older siblings (the children whose birth led to enrollment in NFN), (b) a propensity-score-matched group of non-NFN children, and (c) children of families who were screened as eligible for NFN, but not offered the program due to home visitor availability and other logistical reasons. Due to the small size of the group and substantial differences in baseline characteristics, this last group (c: eligible but unenrolled) are not included in this dataset. The primary data sources include NFN program data and CT Birth Certificate data for 2005-2015. Access to the NFN dataset came in partnership with the University of Hartford Center for Social Research. The Connecticut Department of Public Health provided access to the CT Birth Certificate data. Data were collected through administrative and medical records. Birth certificates providing birth outcome information were linked to NFN data based on multiple identifying variables.

The final dataset was created in Stata and provided here in Stata, SPSS, R, and .csv formats.

Funding Sources: NIH/NINR (R15NR017290)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: home visiting; pregnancy; cesarean section; gestational age; birthweight; prenatal care initiation; pregnancy spacing; interpregnancy interval

Geographic Coverage: Connecticut, USA

Time Period(s): 2005 – 2015

Collection Date(s): 2005 – 2015

Universe: First-born children born in Connecticut from 2005 to 2015, their mothers, and their next-younger siblings, if any born by the end of 2015.

Data Type(s): administrative records data

Collection Notes: Two sources of administrative data were linked using probabilistic linkage and a comparison group was created using propensity score matching. The intervention and created comparison groups are included in the dataset.

Methodology

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Sampling: n/a

Data Source: 1) Connecticut's Nurturing Families Network home visiting program administrative data
2) Connecticut Birth Certificate data

Collection Mode(s): other

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