Nurse home visits did not differ from standard care for prevention of recurrent child abuse

Nurse home visits did not differ from standard care for prevention of recurrent child abuse.

MacMillan HL, Thomas BH, Jamieson E, et al. Effectiveness of home visitation by public-health nurses in prevention of the recurrence of child physical abuse and neglect: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2005;365:1786–93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Home visits by paraprofessionals did not improve maternal and child health.

Preventing child abuse and neglect: a randomized trial of nurse home visitation.

A program of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses was tested as a method of preventing a wide range of health and developmental problems in children born to primiparas who were either teenagers, unmarried, or of low socioeconomic status. Among the women at highest risk for care-giving dysfunction, those who were visited by a nurse had fewer instances of verified child abuse and neglec...

Honey-impregnated dressings and usual care did not differ for healing venous leg ulcers.

Nurse telemanagement improved outcomes and reduced cost of care more than home nurse visits in chronic heart failure.