extract: most information about family assessment are gathered during home visits have many benefits. one of them is that information about structure and habits of families may be more real when you observe the house and around it to find supportive and obstacles for promotion of family health. in addition family members are often more comprehensive in their home and can better act for their ne...

background: postpartum care at home is a post delivery care method that can be provided by public health nurses, trained health workers, or midwifery nurses. a study conducted to compare effect of two midwife visits at home to usual postpartum care on the healthy behaviors of low-risk iranian mothers. methods: a randomized controlled trial conducted on 200 mothers at a reference center for scre...

BACKGROUND This study addressed the need for studies of the efficacy of the Born to Learn (BTL) curriculum. METHODS Based on random assignment, 227 families of infants received the BTL curriculum conducted in monthly home visits, and 237 families received general child development education only. RESULTS The BTL curriculum resulted in higher mastery motivation (task competence) at 36 months...

The implementation efforts of 65 early childhood professionals involved in the Getting Ready project, an integrated, multi-systemic intervention that promotes school readiness through parent engagement for children from birth to age five, were investigated. Digital videotaped records of professionals engaged in home visits with families across both treatment and comparison conditions were coded...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted with the mothers of 1-3 year old children as a quasi-experimental study for the purpose of examining the effect of home safety education on taking precautions and the incidence of home accidents. METHODS The research sample was composed of 60 mothers of 1-3 year old children who were living in Civril municipality of Denizli province, had no difficulty in co...

This paper describes an occupational therapy intervention designed for family caregivers of persons with dementia. The intervention, based on the framework of a competence-environmental press model and the principle of collaboration, was implemented during 5 home visits. Each visit was designed to build caregiving skills through collaboration in identifying problem areas, developing and impleme...

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