Maternal and Child Health Following 2 Home Visiting Interventions vs Control: Five-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Home-based interventions targeting socially disadvantaged families may help to improve maternal and child health. Only a few studies have investigated how different staffing models affect early home visiting program outcomes.

Objective

To assess the effects of 2 staffing models of an early childhood intervention on mother and child outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

The baseline assessment of this randomized trial was conducted between November 2006 and December 2009 in 15 municipalities in Germany. The follow-up assessment at offspring age 7 years was carried out by interviewers masked to treatment conditions from April 2015 to December 2017. Data analysis was performed from March to August 2023. Pregnant women with no previous live birth, low-inc

SUBMITTER: Schepan ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11791771 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature