2024
Fauth, R.C., Naeem, U., & Moosmann, D. A. V. (2024). Healthy Families Massachusetts Cost-Benefit Analysis. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University.
View the research brief for the Healthy Families Massachusetts Cost-Benefit Analysis here.
2023
Goldberg, J., Thompson, M., Coffman, C., & Moosmann, D (2023). Collaboration between Healthy Families Massachusetts (HFM) and Medical Legal Partnership Boston (MLPB): Enhancing Home Visiting to Advance Equity. Medford, MA: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research, Tufts University.
View the research brief for the MLPB evaluation here.
Kotake, C., Fauth, R.C., Stetler, K., Goldberg, J.L., Silva, C.F., & Manning, S.E. (2023). Improving connections to early childhood systems of care via a universal home visiting program in Massachusetts. Children and Youth Services Review, 150, 106995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106995
Singhal, N., Fauth, R.C., Thompson, M., Posner, E., & Moosmann, D.A.V. (2023). Recovery Support Through Home Visiting. Medford, MA: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER). Tufts University.
View the Recovery Support Through Home Visiting Summary here.
2022
Caughy, M.O.B., Brinkley, D.Y., Pacheco, D., Rojas, R., Miao, A., Contreras, M.M., Owen, M.T., Easterbrooks, M.A., & McClelland, M. (2022). Self-regulation development among young Spanish-English dual language learners. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 60, 226-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.02.004
Easterbrooks, M.A., Katz, R.C., Stargel, L.E., & Rohrs, R. (2022). Parenting in the context of adversity: Investigating buffering effects of positive relationships and community connections. Adversity and Resilience Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-022-00085-7
Fauth, R.C., Kotake, C., Manning, S.E., Goldberg, J.L., Easterbrooks, M.A., Buxton, B., & Downs, K. (2022). Timeliness of early identification and referral of infants with social and environmental risks. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01453-6
Singhal, N., Fauth, R., Greenstone, J., Goldberg, J., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2022). Father engagement in home visiting: Lessons from Massachusetts. Report to the Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative (HARC): Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research, Tufts University.
Stargel, L.E., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2022). Children’s early school attendance and stability as a mechanism through which homelessness is associated with academic achievement. Journal of School Psychology, 90, 19-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2021.10.005
2021
Fauth, R.C., & Winestone, J.G. (2021). Home visiting and justice system collaborations: Two programs’ approaches to advocating for justice system-involved parents. Children and Youth Services Review, 120(105742). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105742
Greenstone, J.H., Rohrs, R., Babal, R., Peiris, S., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2021, September). HOPE evaluation year 1 report. Prepared for Healthy Outcomes From Positive Experiences (HOPE): Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University.
2020
Fauth, R.C., Moosmann, D.A.V., Winestone, J.G., Goldberg, J., & Birudavol, J. (2020, June). National scan of home visiting programs for justice system-involved parents. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University.
View the “National scan of home visiting programs…” report here.
Goldberg, J., Fauth, R., Moosmann, D.V., Winestone, J.G., & Litovich, M. (2020, October). Massachusetts Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MA MIECHV) 2020 needs assessment. Report to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University.
Katz, R., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2020). Investigating child care as a contextual asset for children of adolescent mothers. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 66(1), 34-60. https://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.66.1.0034
Menon, M., Fauth, R.C., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2020). Exploring trajectories of young mothers’ parenting stress in early childhood: Associations with protective factors and psychological vulnerabilities. Parenting Science and Practice, 20, 200-228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2020.1715683
Menon, M., Katz, R.C., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2020). Linking attachment and executive function systems: Relations between attachment representations and self-regulatory skills in children of young mothers. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(8), 2314-2329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01759-5
Stargel, L.E., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2020). Diversity of adverse childhood experiences among adolescent mothers and the intergenerational transmission of risk to children’s behavior problems. Social Science and Medicine, 250, 112828. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112828
Stargel, L.E., Fauth, R.C., Goldberg, J.L., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2020). Maternal engagement in a home visiting program as a function of fathers’ formal and informal participation. Prevention Science, 21, 477-486. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01090-x
2019
Easterbrooks, M.A., Kotake, C., & Fauth, R.C. (2019). Recurrence of maltreatment after newborn home visiting: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Public Health, 109(5), 729-735.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.304957
2018
Easterbrooks, M.A., Fauth, R.C., Menon, M., Stargel, L.E., & Kotake, C. (2018). The Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation Phase 2 (MHFE-2): Time 6 summary report. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University.
View “The Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation…” report here.
Easterbrooks, M.A., Katz, R.C., Kotake, C., Stelmach, N.P., & Chaudhuri, J.H. (2018). Intimate partner violence in the first two years of life: Implications for toddlers’ behavior regulation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(7), 1192-1214. doi.org/10.1177/0886260515614562
Fauth, R.C., Winestone, J.G., & Goldberg, J. (2018, May). Home visiting for system involved young mothers: A longitudinal investigation of risks, supports, and outcomes. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University.
View the “Home visiting for system involved young mothers…” here.
Goldberg, J., Litovich, M., & Citino, C. (2018, December). Massachusetts Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MA MIECHV) formula grant evaluation. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University; Institute’s Applied Research and Program Evaluation Group (UMDI), UMass Donahue Institute.
View the MA MIECHV formula grant evaluation here.
Goldberg, J., Winestone, J.G., Fauth, R., Colón, M., & Mingo, M.V. (2018). Getting to the warm hand-off: A study of home visitor referral activities. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 22(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2529-7
Sherman, F., Winestone, J.G., & Fauth, R. (2018, December 19). Collaborations between the juvenile justice system and home visiting programs: Roundtable report out and policy guidelines. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University.
Stargel, L.E., Fauth, R.C., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2018). Home visiting program impacts on reducing homelessness among young mothers. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 27(1), 89-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2017.1396740
2017
Bartlett, J.D., Kotake, C., Fauth, R., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2017). Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Do maltreatment type, perpetrator, and substantiation status matter? Child Abuse and Neglect, 63, 84-94.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.11.021
Easterbrooks, M.A., Chaudhuri, J., Fauth, R., Contreras, M., Kotake, C., Moosmann, D., Katz, R., Menon, M., Brady, M., & Doherty, L. (2017, December). The Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation-2: Early childhood (MHFE-2EC): Follow-up study of a randomized, controlled trial of a statewide home visiting program for young parents. Final Report to Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Children’s Trust of Massachusetts: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University.
View the executive summary of the MHFE-2EC follow-up report here.
View the full MHFE-2EC follow-up report here.
Easterbrooks, M.A., Crossman, M.K., Caruso, A., Raskin, M., & Miranda-Julian, C. (2017). Maternal mind-mindedness and toddler behavior problems: The moderating role of maternal trauma and post-traumatic stress. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579417000360
Easterbrooks, M.A., Fauth, R.C., & Lamoreau, R. (2017). Effects of a home visiting program on parenting: Mediating role of intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(1-2).
https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517736879
Raskin, M., Easterbrooks, M.A., Fauth, R.C., Jacobs, F., Fosse, N.E., Goldberg, J.L., & Mistry, J. (2017). Patterns of goal attainment among young mothers in a home visiting program. Applied Developmental Science, 23(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2017.1357475
Reddy, J.A., Mistry, J., & Jacobs, F. (2017). Rapid repeat birth: Intersections between meaning-making and situational support among multiparous adolescent mothers. Journal of Adolescent Research, 32(6).
https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558416684956
2016
Easterbrooks, M.A., Kotake, C., Raskin, M., & Bumgarner, E. (2016). Patterns of depression among adolescent mothers: Resilience related to father support and home visiting program. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86(1), 61-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000093
Goldberg, J., Bumgarner, E., & Jacobs, F. (2016). Measuring program- and individual-level fidelity in a home visiting program for adolescent parents. Evaluation and Program Planning, 55, 163-173.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.12.007
Jacobs, F., Easterbrooks, M.A., Goldberg, J., Mistry, J., Bumgarner, E., Raskin, M., Fosse, N., & Fauth, R. (2016). Improving adolescent parenting: Results from a randomized controlled trial of a home visiting program for young families. American Journal of Public Health, 106(2), 342-349.
https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302919
Mistry, J., Easterbrooks, M.A., Fauth, R. C., Raskin, M., Jacobs, F., & Goldberg, J. (2016). Heterogeneity among adolescent parents and home visiting program outcomes. Children and Youth Services Review, 65, 86-93.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.04.002
Raskin, M., Easterbrooks, M.A., Lamoreau, R.S., Kotake, C., & Goldberg, J. (2016). Depression trajectories of antenatally depressed and non-depressed young mothers: Implications for child socio-emotional development. Women’s Health Issues, 26(3), 344-350.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2016.02.002
Raskin, M., Fosse, N., Fauth, R.C., Bumgarner, E., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2016). Relationship types among adolescent parents participating in a home visiting program: A latent transition analysis. Journal of Family Psychology, 30(3), 375-385.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000164
2015
Bartlett, J.D., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2015). The moderating effect of relationships on intergenerational risk for infant neglect by young mothers. Child Abuse and Neglect, 45, 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.02.018
Easterbrooks, M.A., Katz, R.C., Kotake, C., Stelmach, N.P., & Chaudhuri, J.H. (2015). Intimate partner violence in the first two years of life: Implications for toddlers’ behavior regulation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(7).
https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515614562
Jacobs, F., Easterbrooks, A., & Mistry, J. (2015, March). The Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation-2 (MHFE-2): A randomized, controlled trial of a statewide home visiting program for young parents. Final Report to the Children’s Trust of Massachusetts: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University.
View the executive summary for the MHFE-2 report here.
View the full MHFE-2 report here.
Mingo, M.V., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2015). Patterns of emotional availability in mother–infant dyads: Associations with multiple levels of context. Infant Mental Health Journal, 36(5), 469-482.
https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21529
Raskin, M., Fosse, N.E., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2015). The influence of mother’s depression on her reports of father involvement and child behavioral problems: A latent state trait approach. Infant Mental Health Journal, 36(1), 88-103.
https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21487
2014
Bartlett, J.D., Raskin, M., Kotake, C., Nearing, K.D., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2014). An ecological analysis of infant neglect by adolescent mothers. Child Abuse and Neglect, 38(4), 723-734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.11.011
Easterbrooks, M.A., Raskin, M., & McBrian, S.F. (2014). Father involvement and toddlers’ behavioral regulation: Evidence from a high social risk sample. Fathering, 12, 71-93. https://doi.org/10.3149/fth.1201.71
Swartz, M. & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2014). The role of parent, provider, and child characteristics in parent-provider relationships in infant and toddler classrooms. Early Education and Development, 25(4), 573-598.
2013
Easterbrooks, M.A., Bartlett, J.D., Raskin, M., Goldberg, J., Contreras, M.M., Kotake, C., Chaudhuri, J.H., & Jacobs, F.H. (2013). Limiting home visiting effects: Maternal depression as a moderator of child maltreatment. Pediatrics, 132(2), S126-S133.
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1021K
Goldberg, W.A., Tan, E.T., Davis. C.R., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2013). What predicts parental involvement by young fathers at psychosocial risk? Fathering, 11(3), 280-291. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.3149/fth.1103.280
2012
Bartlett, J.D., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2012). Links between physical abuse in childhood and child neglect among adolescent mothers. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(11), 2164-2169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.07.011
2011
Easterbrooks, M.A., Chaudhuri, J.H., Bartlett, J.D., & Copeman, A. (2011). Resilience in parenting among young mothers: Family and ecological risks and opportunities. Children and Youth Services Review, 33(1), 42-50.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.08.010
2010
Diez, V. & Mistry, J. (2010). Early childbearing and educational attainment among mainland Puerto Rican teens. Journal of Adolescent Research, 25(5), 690-715. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558410366592
Jacobs, F., Swartz, M., Bartlett, J.D., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2010). Placing relationships at the core pf early care and education programs. In B.M Lester & J.D. Sparrow (Eds.) Nurturing children and families: Building on the legacy of T. Berry Brazelton (pp. 341-352). Blackwell Publishing.
2009
Chaudhuri, J.H., Easterbrooks, M.A. & Davis, C.R. (2009). The relation between emotional availability and parenting style: Cultural and economic factors in a diverse sample of young mothers. Parenting: Science and Practice, 9(3), 277-299. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15295190902844613
Jacobs, F., & Goldberg, J. (2009). Evaluating contemporary social programs: Challenges and opportunities. In M. E. Kenny, A. M. Horne, P. Orpinas, & L. E. Reese (Eds.), Realizing social justice: The challenge of preventive interventions (pp. 97–122). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/11870-005
Mistry, J., Jacobs, F., & Jacobs, L. (2009). Cultural relevance as program-to-community alignment. Journal of Community Psychology, 37 (4), 487-504.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20309
2008
Easterbrooks, M.A., Driscoll, J.R., & Bartlett, J.D. (2008). Resilience in infancy: A relational approach. Research in Human Development, 5(3), 139-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427600802273987
Riley, S., Brady, A., Goldberg, J., Jacobs, F., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2008). Once the door closes: Understanding the parent-provider relationship. Children and Youth Services Review, 30(5), 597-612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.11.011
Swartz, M., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2008). Enhancing parent-provider relationships and communication in infant and toddler classrooms. Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology, 4, 53-71. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A220640571/AONE?u=mlin_m_tufts&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=dc833b0d
2007
Driscoll, J. R. & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2007). Young mothers’ play with their toddlers: Individual variability as a function of psychosocial factors. Infant and Child Development, 16(6), 649-670. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.515
Easterbrooks, M.A., Barrett, L.R., Brady, A.E., & Davis, C.R. (2007). Complexities in research on fathering: Illustrations from the Tufts study of young fathers. Applied Developmental Science, 11(4), 214-220.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888690701762118
Easterbrooks, M.A., & Jacobs, F. (2007). Enhancing child care practice: Relationships-based interventions to support providers, parents, and children. Newsletter of the Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Parents, 25.
2005
Easterbrooks, M.A., Chaudhuri, J.H., and Gestsdottir, S. (2005). Patterns of emotional availability among young mothers and their infants: A dyadic, contextual analysis. Infant Mental Health Journal, 26(4), 309-326.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imhj.20057
Jacobs, F., Easterbrooks, M. A., Brady, A., & Mistry, J. (2005, May). Healthy Families Massachusetts: Final evaluation report. Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation, Tufts University.
View the Healthy Families Massachusetts report here.
2003
Easterbrooks, M.A., Brady, A.E., Barrett, L.R., Sobey, S., & Golin, J. (2003). Supporting young families by understanding young fathers. Newsletter of the Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Parents, 21, 3-6.
Jacobs, F.H. (2003). Child and family program evaluation: Learning to enjoy complexity. Applied Developmental Science, 7(2), 62-75.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/S1532480XADS0702_3