Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory (HOME) by BGCA
Abstract:
Home is an important place for children to live in and grow up. Nice family interactions and appropriate home environment facilitate the growth of toddlers by offering them all-round quality stimulation. It is therefore vital to understand quality of home environment of children when examining the process of their growth. In order to allow local social workers to conduct family visits with objective criteria, the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong (BGCA) introduced Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory (HOME) developed by Caldwell and Bradley, and implemented domestic empirical research from September 2021 to August 2022.
HOME is an important tool to evaluate home environment and is widely used internationally. However, no validated Chinese version is available currently. The research was executed in the form of family interviews. 131 local families with preschool children (from 3-year-old-and-4-month to 6-year-old) and 129 local families with toddlers (under 3-year-old) participated in the research. Valid data were then co-analysed by Dr Cynthia Leung Man from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University of Australia and Dr Anna Hui Na-na, member of the Steering Committee on Early Childhood Intervention of BGCA. They validated the research by analysing relationship of home environment with parenting stress, behaviours of children, development of children, family income and educational levels of parents.
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Author(s):
The Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong
Resource Theme(s):
Family and Child Protection, Family Life Education