This paper examines the effectiveness of Healthy Families New York (HFNY), a home visiting program based on the Healthy Families America model, in promoting parenting competencies and preventing maladaptive parenting behaviors. The evaluation used a randomized controlled trial, in which women were randomly assigned during pregnancy or shortly after the birth of the target child to an interventi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of a traditional birth attendant (TBA) referral program on increasing the number of deliveries overseen by skilled birth attendants (SBA) in rural Kenyan health facilities before and after the implementation of a free maternity care policy. METHODS In a rural region of Kenya, TBAs were recruited to educate pregnant women about the importance of delivering...

Many recent articles have examined the delivery of family planning services to low-income areas. Some have described the implementation of specific regional family planning programs."5 Others have been more provocative, stressing that the government has a social responsibility to provide low-cost birth control to low-income neighborhoods."u Still others have used a cost-effectiveness analysis t...

this study was aimed to evaluate the situation of congenital hypothyroidism (ch) in guilan using the screening program and determine the correlation of ch with birth weight, gestational age and seasonality. during 2006 to 2010, in guilan province, neonatal screening for ch by measurement of serum tsh level was performed in 3-5 days after birth. all neonates with tsh level ≥ 5mu/l were referred ...