Families in the control arm of the trial received usual healthcare from
their MCH nurse, which may include some advice on early behaviour but does not incorporate a structured prevention programme to promote young children's behavioural development.
Among these workers are 8,200
nurses, who work in all three of its locations: Rochester, Minnesota; Jacksonville, Florida; and Scottsdale / Phoenix, Arizona, as well as at the Mayo Clinic Health System (
MCHS).
Members include: Peter Gorski, MD, Miami Children's Trust; Joan Meek, MD, Florida State University; Celeste Philip, MD, Florida Department of Health; Jennifer Ohlsen, Healthy Families Florida; Sara Eldridge,
Nurse Family Partnership; Allison LaMont, Parents as Teachers; Penny Geiger and Sally Golden - McCord, Florida Early Steps; Carolyn Arnister, NFP - Jacksonville; Janie Register, Florida Department of Education; Judi Vitucci; Anna Simmons, Florida Department of Health,
MCH; Stacy Morgan, PAT Alachua; Maurine Jones; Lianne Estefan, University of South Florida and MIECHV evaluator; Linda Walters and Patti Nagel, PAT + Pinellas County; and Carol Brady, Allison Parish and Virginia Holland, MIECHV state staff.
Detailed description of the trial's methods have been previously published.11 The cluster randomised trial was conducted in six socio - economically diverse18 local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, Australia.11 Free universal health visits are scheduled from birth to 42 months of age, and over 90 % of parents attend visits during the first 6 months of life.19 Maternal and child health (
MCH)
nurses consecutively invited mothers of 6 - to 7 - month - old infants attending across August — September in 2004 to take part in the Toddlers Without Tears trial.