Assessing the medium-term impact of a home-visiting programme on child maltreatment in England: protocol for a routine data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Child maltreatment involves acts of omission (neglect) or commission (abuse) often by caregivers that results in potential or actual harm to a child. The Building Blocks trial (ISRCTN23019866) assessed the short-term impact of an intensive programme of antenatal and postnatal visiting by specially trained nurses to support young pregnant women in England. The Building Blocks: 2-6 Study will assess the medium-term impacts of the programme for mothers and children (n=1562), through the linkage of routinely collected data to the trial data, with a particular emphasis on the programme's impact on preventing child maltreatment.

Methods and analysis

We have developed a bespoke model of data linkage whereby outcome data for the trial cohort will be retrieved by linked

SUBMITTER: Lugg-Widger FV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734359 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature