Infant health effects of a nurse-community health worker home visitation programme: a randomized controlled trial

• Published in: Child : care, health & development Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 27 - 35
• Main Authors: Meghea, C. I., Li, B., Zhu, Q., Raffo, J. E., Lindsay, J. K., Moore, J. S., Roman, L. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Asthma - prevention & control; Child Health; Child Health Services - organization & administration; Children; Childrens health; Clinical Nursing Research - methods; Clinical outcomes; Community health care; Community Health Nursing - organization & administration; Community Health Workers - organization & administration; Croup - prevention & control; Domiciliary visits; Female; Health; Home Care Services - organization & administration; Home health care; Home Visits; House Calls; Humans; Infant; Infant Welfare - statistics & numerical data; Infant, Newborn; Infants; interventions; maternal; Medical personnel; Michigan; morbidity; Nurses; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Patient Care Team - organization & administration; Pediatrics; Pregnancy; Prenatal Care - organization & administration; prevention; Program Evaluation; Stress, Psychological - prevention & control; Teams; Young Adult; Young Children; Michigan; United States > US; Kent County Michigan

Background  Home visiting is supported as a way to improve child health and development. Home visiting has been usually provided by nurses or community health workers (CHWs). Few studies compared the child health advantages of a nurse–CHW team approach over nurse prenatal and postnatal home visiting...