About the Center

About the Center

Description	Mission Statement
Current Activities	Affiliated Faculty and Staff

Description

The Center for Home Visiting at the University of North Carolina was established in 1996 by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors and the UNC-CH Board of Trustees to advance research, professional education, and services in the field. The Center builds upon a century of home visiting efforts in this country. A procedure for providing human services to families in their own home, home visiting has been used by individuals in health, education, social services and mental health. An increased interest in home visiting has brought about a need for research, program evaluation, professional training, and staff development. The Center for Home Visiting is planned as a resource to address these needs.

Mission Statement

The Center's mission addresses the following goals through collaborative efforts with researchers, educators, evaluators, trainers, practitioners, and policy makers:

(a) to promote interdisciplinary research and evaluation efforts;

(b) to promote interdisciplinary training efforts at the college and university level;

(c) to promote interdisciplinary efforts in ongoing professional development activities; and

(d) to advance the knowledge base concerning practice and training.

Current Activities

published a guide to written training materials
published a guide to video training materials
developing a monograph on future research and evaluation needs
developing a multidisiciplinary curriculum at the university level
developing a guide to assessment procedures and instruments
developing an instrument and manual for assessing home visits
serving as a national resource for information on home visiting
working collaboratively with local and state government and the private sector on common priorities
creating training materials on safety procedures in home visiting

Affiliated Faculty and Staff

The Center for Home Visiting includes over 30 faculty and staff from the following units on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus: School of Education, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Social Work, School of Public Health, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, the Center for Early Adolescence, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Injury Prevention Research Center, and the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

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