Intensive home visiting for adolescent mothers in the Family Nurse Partnership in England 2010-2019: a population-based data linkage cohort study using propensity score matching.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We evaluated the effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP), an intensive home visiting programme aiming to improve birth outcomes, child health and development, and to promote economic self-sufficiency among teenage mothers.

Methods

We created a linked cohort of >130 000 mothers aged 13-19 years with live births between April 2010 and March 2019, using administrative data from health (Hospital Episode Statistics), education and children's social care (National Pupil Database). Using propensity score matching, we compared indicators of child maltreatment, health and development outcomes, and maternal hospital utilisation and educational outcomes up to 7 years following birth for mothers who did or did not enrol in FNP.

Results

We found no evidence

SUBMITTER: Cavallaro F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812803 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature