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Nurse home visits reduced child abuse and neglect over a 15 year period

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.3.77

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    Olds DL, Eckenrode J, Henderson CR, et al.Long-term effects of home visitation on maternal life course and child abuse and neglect. Fifteen-year follow-up of a randomized trial.JAMA1997 Aug 27;278:637–43.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Question Do prenatal and postnatal home visits by nurses have long term effects on maternal life course and child abuse and neglect?

    Design

    Randomised controlled trial with 15 years follow up.

    Setting

    Public antenatal clinic and private obstetrics offices in a semirural area of central New York State, USA.

    Participants

    400 women (11% African-American) who were <25 weeks gestation, had no previous live births, and had ≥1 sociodemographic risk factor (<19 y, unmarried, or low socioeconomic status). Most were unmarried (62%), ≥19 years (52%), and had low socioeconomic status (59%). Follow up was 81%.

    Intervention

    Stratified by maternal race, marital status, and geographic region, women were allocated to 1 of 4 treatment groups: (1) sensory and developmental screening for children at 12 and 24 months (n=94); (2) treatment 1 plus free transportation to prenatal and child health care until the child's second birthday (n=90); (3) treatment 2 plus prenatal nurse home visits (mean 9 visits) (n=100); and (4) treatment 3 plus home visits (mean 23 visits) for 2 years after delivery …

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