Effect of a Community Agency-Administered Nurse Home Visitation Program on Program Use and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postnatal home visitation to support parenting and infant healthy development is becoming increasingly common based on university efficacy studies, but effectiveness when disseminated by communities is not clear.

Objective

To test implementation and impact of the Family Connects (FC) program when administered by a community agency.

Design, setting, and participants

In this randomized clinical trial, births were randomly assigned to receive FC or treatment as usual. Independent evaluation was conducted through parent interviews and review of health and child protective services records. Interviewers were blind to the experimental condition of participants, and participants were blind about the purpose of the interview as an intervention evaluation. A total o

SUBMITTER: Dodge KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6826644 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature