Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Introduction to home visiting and its challenges -- Introduction : Home visitation as a primary prevention tool for violence -- The four challenges for home visitation : alcohol and substance abuse, intrafamilial violence, and mental disorderso -- pt. II. Home visiting programs and practices : research and evaluation -- Home visiting to enhance child development in the context of violence : possibilities and limitations -- Developmental parenting home visiting to prevent violence : monitoring and evaluating -- Developing the home visiting workforce -- Supporting the paraprofessional home visitor -- Engagement and retention in home visiting child abuse prevention programs -- Addressing psychosocial risk factors among families enrolled in home visiting : issues and opportunities -- Considerations on the implementation, innovation, and improvement of evidence-based home visiting programs -- pt. III. Home visiting programs outside the USA -- Home visitation programs for early child development : experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Home visiting interventions to promote values that support school success -- The roving caregivers programme : a Caribbean model -- The investment in home visit programs in rural indigenous communities as a strategy to grant a good start in life for young children.

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