Table 5.

Parenting and child outcome indicators and assessment points

Outcome indicators (Measures1)	Baseline	34 weeks pre	Birth event	Two months	10 months	18 months	24 months
Parenting behaviours and beliefs
Breastfeeding initiation + duration [11]				x	x	x
Provision of safe + nurturing home environment [11]				x	x	x	x
Parenting attitudes/beliefs (Adolescent-Adult Parenting Inventory II) [81, 82]						x
Child exposure to 2nd hand smoke [83]				x	x	x	x
Neonatal health
Pre-term birth			x
Birth weight			x
Apgar scores (1 + 5 min)			x
Intensive care admission(s)			x
Child health and development
General health + long-term illness [67, 73]							x
Immunizations				x	x	x	x
Language (Ages and Stages) [84]					x	x
Language + cognition2 (Bayley SID-III; MacArthur-Bates Communication Development Inventories) [85, 86]							x
Behaviour2 (Child Behavior Checklist) [87, 88]							x
Healthcare encounters for injuries3				x	x	x	x
Substantiated abuse or neglect				x	x	x	x
Maternal and child service access and use
Prenatal programs	x	x
Primary + secondary healthcare	x	x		x	x	x	x
Specialist care, e.g., mental health	x	x		x	x	x	x
Financial/educational assistance	x	x		x	x	x	x
Other services, e.g., housing	x	x		x	x	x	x
Parenting programs	x	x		x	x	x	x
Early child development programs				x	x	x	x
Other services	x	x		x	x	x	x
Barriers to essential services	x	x		x	x	x	x

¹Name of validated measure (items partially sourced from other measures indicated by citation)

²Secondary outcome indicators

³Primary outcome indicator