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The power of wishful thinking: The continued promotion of Healthy Families America as a child abuse prevention program

Child Welfare Monitor

Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect issued a report recommending a pilot of universal voluntary neonatal home visitation, stating that the efficacy of home visiting as a preventive measure was “already well-established.” That program, now known as Nurse Family Partnership , was very different from HFA.