Effects of nurse-home visiting on intimate partner violence and maternal income, mental health and self-efficacy by 24 months postpartum: a randomised controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a home-visiting programme, on exploratory maternal outcomes in British Columbia (BC), Canada.

Design

Pragmatic, parallel arm, randomised controlled trial conducted October 2013-November 2019. Random allocation of participants (1:1) to comparison (existing services) or NFP (plus existing services). Researchers were naïve to allocation.

Setting

26 local health areas across four of five BC regional health authorities.

Participants

739 young (<25 years), first-time mothers (enrolled <28 weeks gestation), experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage.

Intervention

Public health nurses with NFP education offered home visits (up to 64) during pregnancy and until children's second birthday plus existi

SUBMITTER: Catherine NLA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749688 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature