The impact of a home visiting program on the care environment of Brazilian adolescent mothers - an descriptive exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is evidence of a link between the environment and child development (CD) in early childhood, justifying the importance of studying the characteristics of the environment in order to understand it and thus intervene in CD.

Objectives

To describe the changes in the environment of families who participated in the Young Caring Mothers Programme (YCMP).

Method

This is an exploratory, descriptive study focusing on the home environment of adolescent mothers and their babies supported by the YCMP, derived from the randomised controlled clinical trial "The effect of the Young Pregnant Women Visitation Program on child development: a pilot study" (registered at clinicaltrial.gov; identifier: NCT02807818).

Sample

80 pregnant adolescents, 40 in the interve

SUBMITTER: da Silva LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12061960 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature