Nurse home visits to low income, first time mothers reduced pregnancy induced hypertension and childhood injuries

Nurse home visits to low income, first time mothers reduced pregnancy induced hypertension and childhood injuries

Intervention Stratified by maternal race, age, gestational age, employment status, and geographic region, women were allocated to 1 of 4 treatment groups: (1) transportation to prenatal care (n = 166); (2) treatment 1 plus developmental screening at 6, 12, and 24 months (n = 515); (3) treatment 2 plus prenatal nurse home visits (mean 7 visits) (n = 230); or (4) treatment 3 plus 2 years of postp...

Low-Income First-Time Mothers

Background. Low-income mothers have greater challenges in accessing health care services due changes in the health care system and budget cuts. The purpose of this randomized clinical trial was to test a nurse practitioner (NP) intervention using cell phone and texting on maternal/infant outcomes. Methods. The sample included 129 mother-infant pairs. Intervention group mothers received NP 2-way...

Nurse home visits during pregnancy and early childhood improved maternal life course 7 years later.

ED FROM Olds DL, Kitzman H, Hanks C, et al. Effects of nurse home visiting on maternal and child functioning: age-9 follow-up of a randomized trial. Pediatrics 2007;120:e832–45. Correspondence to: Dr D L Olds, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA; [email protected] Sources of funding: National Institute of Mental Health; National Institute of Child He...

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

Paraprofessional home visitation program to prevent childhood unintentional injuries in low-income communities: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effectiveness of a paraprofessional home visitation program (HVP) to improve home safety and prevent injuries among children living in low-income settings. METHODS The HVP was implemented in two low-income communities in South Africa. In each community, approximately 200 households were randomly selected for the trial. Eligible households were those with children ...