The families first program's relationship to children's school readiness
dc.contributor.author | Perchuk, Carolyn | |
dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Ateah, Christine (Nursing) Chartier, Mariette (Community Health Sciences) | en_US |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Cohen, Benita (Nursing) | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-09T20:02:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-09T20:02:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-01-09 | |
dc.degree.discipline | Nursing | en_US |
dc.degree.level | Master of Nursing (M.N.) | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | ‘Families First’ is a home visiting program implemented across the province of Manitoba, Canada. Public health nurses complete a psychosocial assessment as part of their follow up with postpartum families. This assessment determines if families are offered this voluntary home visiting service. The assessment data is entered into a database maintained by the Healthy Child Manitoba Office (HCMO). The hypothesis for this quantitative study was that a positive relationship exists between participation in the Family First program and children’s school readiness. The Early Development Instrument (EDI) is a tool developed and used across Manitoba by Kindergarten teachers to assess children’s school readiness. The Families First and EDI databases were linked, and multiple regression analysis models were applied. A marginal statistically significant positive relationship between the Family’s First program and school readiness was identified. Further research is necessary to understand and define the relationships. | en_US |
dc.description.note | February 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/23140 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.rights | open access | en_US |
dc.subject | nursing | en_US |
dc.subject | education | en_US |
dc.subject | development | en_US |
dc.subject | school | en_US |
dc.subject | readiness | en_US |
dc.subject | child | en_US |
dc.subject | EDI | en_US |
dc.title | The families first program's relationship to children's school readiness | en_US |
dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |