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 postpartum home visits (mean 26 visits) (n = 228). Groups 2 and 4 were followed up for 2 years (90% follow up based on completed office assessments); groups 1 and 3 were followed up until delivery (95% follow up based on newborn infants’ records abstracted).