Research and Evaluation

Several evaluation studies were conducted between 1995 and 2005. Statistically significant changes were found for each of the following outcome measures.

After the program, parents were more likely to:

• Promote their child’s social, emotional, cognitive, language and physical development.
• Use positive discipline.
• Interact positively with their children.
• Have increased feelings of personal power.
• Have more satisfaction with social support.
• Have fewer substantiated child abuse and neglect referrals.

Many research projects continue to happen with the Building Strong Families program. Listed below are current research projects that are being conducted with Building Strong Families staff.

• The Infant Feeding Study (TIFS): The primary objective of the TIFS is to develop a culturally relevant intervention curriculum and corresponding training protocols for use by early intervention staff, Medicaid service providers and others working with Medicaid mothers and their infants in existing intervention programs.
• Special Improvement Project (SIP): This project will investigate the efficacy of integrating healthy marriage content in Family Support and Education (FSE) programs targeting African American and Latino families.
• The Influence of a paraprofessional, home-visitation program on parenting behaviors. The Forum For Family & Consumer Issues, October 2005, Vol. 10, No. 2 ISSN 1540 5273 (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/pub/10_2/ar1.html)

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• BSF: Six Years of Research (Adobe PDF)
• BSF Evaluation Presentation (Adobe PDF)

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