Not exact matches
Missouri's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood
Home Visiting (MIECHV) team is comprised of the
Nurse - Family Partnership Program, Parents as Teachers and the Early Head Start
Home Based Option.
Those models include: Child FIRST, Early Head Start -
Home Visiting, Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), Early Start (New Zealand), Family Check - Up, Healthy Families America (HFA), Healthy Steps,
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY),
Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), Oklahoma's Community -
Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, Parents as Teachers (PAT), Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) Infant6, and SafeCare Augmented.
Eight existing
home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps, Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rat
home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps,
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rat
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters,
Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence -
Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the
Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rating.
Based on the encouraging, but not statistically significant, results of the pilot study, they conducted a larger study (34), with the intervention consisting of daily in - hospital
visits and 3 PP
home visits from the team, PC telephone support through 6 mo PP, and unlimited access to a
nurse via pager.
Intervention (n = 337): 5 or 6
home visits from a specifically trained research
nurse delivering a staged
home —
based intervention in the antenatal period and at 1, 3, 5, 9 and 12 months.
However, at 6 months attrition was 31 % in the
home nursing visit group and 38 % in the office -
based care group.
Intervention 1 (n = 3335):
home visiting only (HV)- early
home -
based visiting by a maternal and child health
nurse (MCHN) to women identified at risk of breastfeeding cessation.
Based on those findings, the authors estimate that for cities of similar size averaging 3,187 births per year, an annual investment of approximately $ 2.2 million in
nurse home visiting would yield community healthcare cost savings of about $ 6.7 million in the first six months of life, or $ 3 saved for every $ 1 spent.
In response, the health department led the creation of an evidence -
based initiative, B'More for Healthy Babies, that offers extensive support services to mothers and that sends
nurses and counselors on
home visits to low - income families.
Evidence -
based home -
visiting programs, like the
Nurse - Family Partnership (which relies on trained
nurses to support parents from pregnancy through the first two years of a baby's life)-- as well as center -
based programs that also include
home visits, like Early Head Start — have been shown to enhance parents» sensitivity to their infants» and toddlers» cues, lessen reliance on spanking, and increase the number of age - appropriate learning materials around the house (as well as the amount of time spent reading to kids).
Lastly, you should feel comfortable being able to see your loved one on a regular
basis; if you feel that
nursing home staff is stalling the
visit or refusing you access to your loved one in the
nursing home, contact a supervisor and / or our personal injury firm, as the staff may be trying to keep you from realizing an instance of
nursing home neglect.
Based on the findings, researchers estimate that for cities of a similar size averaging about 3,187 births a year, an annual investment of $ 2.2 million in
nurse home visiting would result in a community health care cost savings of about $ 7 million in the first two years of a child's life.
Nurses also provide a needs -
based «enhanced» service, which involves additional
home and / or centre
visits.
Recent findings suggest that, regardless of parity, the group benefitting most from
nurse home visiting interventions are mothers living in impoverished areas who have lower psychosocial resources during pregnancy (despite the indices used to measure this).1 14 Trials that have had a broader client
base, in terms of parity and risk, for example, the New Zealand Early Start programme, 8 15 however, have not yet reported subgroup analyses.
Nurse -
based home -
visiting programs tend to have better staff retention compared with those that employ paraprofessionals, perhaps contributing to program effectiveness.26, 27 Likewise, programs in which paraprofessionals remained involved over a 2 - year time period were more likely to demonstrate effectiveness than those with shorter durations of involvement.28
Existing interventions among Asian populations focus mainly on imparting practical skills to caregivers of patients with cancer requiring palliative care, through
home -
based care or
home visits from
nurses, 21 — 23 with an emphasis on coping with end - of - life issues and bereavement.24, 25 However, interventions for caregivers of non-palliative care recipients tend to be delivered via the phone26 or over the internet, 27 while others work with couple dyads, where one spouse provides care for the other who has cancer.28
Professional or
nurse -
based home visiting is generally advantageous for clients.35 The role of lay paraprofessional
home visitors is less known, but paraprofessionals may be helpful depending on the goals and objectives of the
home -
visiting program and the length of engagement with the
home visitor.
Mothers may receive services through Healthy Families America, a
Nurse - Family Partnership (if the referral occurs prenatally), other evidence -
based home -
visiting programs, or local volunteer organizations.
In the following sections, we present the position that evidence -
based home visiting (EBHV) programs, such as Early Head Start (EHS), Healthy Families America (HFA), Parents as Teachers (PAT), and
Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), are uniquely positioned to break the intergenerational transmission of childhood trauma, such as ACEs.
In 2007, Texas became a leader in the movement to support evidence -
based home visiting programs by reinvesting $ 4.3 million in criminal justice cost savings to serve families in high - risk communities through the
Nurse Family Partnership (NFP).
Few prevention programs have been rigorously evaluated, and only a few have proven effective.60, 61 Health - care
based prevention programs, including parent education programs to reduce rates of abusive head trauma, and improving physician ambulatory care practices to help families decrease risk factors for child maltreatment have shown good initial results, but require further evaluation.62, 63 Specific intensive
home visitation programs such as
nurse home visiting programs for first - time mothers have proven to be both clinically and cost effective in preventing maltreatment.64, 65 However, a program of
nurse home visitation has been found ineffective as a treatment model for abusive and neglectful families, highlighting the importance of primary prevention, as well as the need to rigorously evaluate potential treatments for abusive families.66 Child welfare services are historically structured as short - term interventions that monitor families for recidivism, provide parenting education and assist with referrals to community -
based services.
Our review focused on four widely - used
home visiting program models that met the Department of Health and Human Services «evidence - based» criteria and that are included in the legislatively mandated, large - scale evaluation of the effectiveness of MIECHV - funded home visiting programs: Early Head Start - Home Based (EHS - HB), Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (P
home visiting program models that met the Department of Health and Human Services «evidence -
based» criteria and that are included in the legislatively mandated, large - scale evaluation of the effectiveness of MIECHV - funded home visiting programs: Early Head Start - Home Based (EHS - HB), Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (
based» criteria and that are included in the legislatively mandated, large - scale evaluation of the effectiveness of MIECHV - funded
home visiting programs: Early Head Start - Home Based (EHS - HB), Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (P
home visiting programs: Early Head Start -
Home Based (EHS - HB), Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (P
Home Based (EHS - HB), Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (
Based (EHS - HB), Healthy Families America (HFA),
Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (PAT).
Family Risk as a Predictor of Initial Engagement and Follow - Through in a Universal
Nurse Home Visiting Program to Prevent Child Maltreatment Alonso - Marsden, Dodge, O'Donnell, Murphy, Sato, Christopoulos (2013) Child Abuse and Neglect, 37 (8) View Abstract Examines family demographic and infant health risk factors that predict engagement and follow - through in a universal home - based maltreatment prevention program for new mothers in Durham County, North Carol
Home Visiting Program to Prevent Child Maltreatment Alonso - Marsden, Dodge, O'Donnell, Murphy, Sato, Christopoulos (2013) Child Abuse and Neglect, 37 (8) View Abstract Examines family demographic and infant health risk factors that predict engagement and follow - through in a universal
home - based maltreatment prevention program for new mothers in Durham County, North Carol
home -
based maltreatment prevention program for new mothers in Durham County, North Carolina.
Texas continues to support the
Nurse Family Partnership, and in 2013, the state adopted legislation that provides $ 7.9 million to serve at - risk pregnant women and families using evidence -
based and promising practice
home visiting programs.
Eight existing
home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps, Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rat
home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps,
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rat
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters,
Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence -
Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the
Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rating.
Funding will be awarded for up to two years to implement one of three evidence -
based home visiting models: the
Nurse Family Partnership, Healthy Families Florida and Parents as Teachers.
Of the 32 models reviewed, 12 met the DHHS criteria for an evidence -
based early childhood home visiting model: (1) Child FIRST, (2) Early Head Start - Home Visiting (EHS), (3) Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), (4) Early Start (New Zealand), (5) Family Check - Up, (6) Healthy Families America (HFA), (7) Healthy Steps, (8) Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), (9) Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), (10) Oklahoma's Community - Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, (11) Parents as Teachers (PAT), and (12) Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) for Inf
based early childhood
home visiting model: (1) Child FIRST, (2) Early Head Start - Home Visiting (EHS), (3) Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), (4) Early Start (New Zealand), (5) Family Check - Up, (6) Healthy Families America (HFA), (7) Healthy Steps, (8) Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), (9) Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), (10) Oklahoma's Community - Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, (11) Parents as Teachers (PAT), and (12) Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) for Infa
home visiting model: (1) Child FIRST, (2) Early Head Start - Home Visiting (EHS), (3) Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), (4) Early Start (New Zealand), (5) Family Check - Up, (6) Healthy Families America (HFA), (7) Healthy Steps, (8) Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), (9) Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), (10) Oklahoma's Community - Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, (11) Parents as Teachers (PAT), and (12) Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) for
visiting model: (1) Child FIRST, (2) Early Head Start -
Home Visiting (EHS), (3) Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), (4) Early Start (New Zealand), (5) Family Check - Up, (6) Healthy Families America (HFA), (7) Healthy Steps, (8) Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), (9) Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), (10) Oklahoma's Community - Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, (11) Parents as Teachers (PAT), and (12) Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) for Infa
Home Visiting (EHS), (3) Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), (4) Early Start (New Zealand), (5) Family Check - Up, (6) Healthy Families America (HFA), (7) Healthy Steps, (8) Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), (9) Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), (10) Oklahoma's Community - Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, (11) Parents as Teachers (PAT), and (12) Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) for
Visiting (EHS), (3) Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), (4) Early Start (New Zealand), (5) Family Check - Up, (6) Healthy Families America (HFA), (7) Healthy Steps, (8)
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), (9) Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), (10) Oklahoma's Community - Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, (11) Parents as Teachers (PAT), and (12) Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) for Infa
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), (9)
Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), (10) Oklahoma's Community -
Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, (11) Parents as Teachers (PAT), and (12) Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) for Inf
Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, (11) Parents as Teachers (PAT), and (12) Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) for Infants.
The RFP seeks applicants in unserved, designated high - need areas to implement one of three evidence -
based home visiting models: the
Nurse Family Partnership, Healthy Families Florida and Parents as Teachers for a two - year period.
The children and their mothers are the first graduates of the Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition
Nurse Family Partnership, an evidence -
based home -
visiting program that helps ensure first - time mothers have the education and resources to have a healthy baby.
In Florida, MIECHV funding supports the implementation of three evidence -
based home visiting programs —
Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), Healthy Families Florida (HFF) and Parents as Teachers (PAT) in 14 high - need communities.
They are as follows: Child First, Early Head Start —
Home Visiting, Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers, Early Start, Family Check - Up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps,
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY),
Nurse Family Partnership, Oklahoma Community -
Based Family Resources and Support, Parents as Teachers, Play and Learning Strategies — Infant, SafeCare Augmented, and Maternal Early Childhood Sustained
Home Visiting Program.
The FNPS was
based on a previous study of family
nursing practice by
home visiting nurses in Japan [13], and was revised following a discussion of the pilot study by a panel of experts to ensure content validity.
The Division of Public Health is working with the Center for Child and Family Health and the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University to effectively implement and sustain Northeast Connects, a short - term, community -
based, universal newborn
nurse home visiting program.
Each of the 88 sites in the study operates one of four evidence -
based home visiting program models: (1) Early Head Start — Home - Based Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3) Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teac
based home visiting program models: (1) Early Head Start — Home - Based Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3) Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teach
home visiting program models: (1) Early Head Start —
Home - Based Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3) Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teach
Home -
Based Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3) Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teac
Based Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3)
Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teachers.
The workshop provided an overview of MIHOPE research activities, and representatives from Early Head Start —
Home - Based Option (EHS), Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (PAT) shared insights into the experiences of home visiting program staff participating in resea
Home -
Based Option (EHS), Healthy Families America (HFA),
Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (PAT) shared insights into the experiences of
home visiting program staff participating in resea
home visiting program staff participating in research.
MIHOPE includes four evidence -
based home visiting program models: (1) Early Head Start - Home Based Program Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3) Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teac
based home visiting program models: (1) Early Head Start - Home Based Program Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3) Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teach
home visiting program models: (1) Early Head Start -
Home Based Program Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3) Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teach
Home Based Program Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3) Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teac
Based Program Option, (2) Healthy Families America, (3)
Nurse - Family Partnership, and (4) Parents as Teachers.
«In recent years, Rhode Island has built a strong, voluntary system of evidence -
based home visiting programs serving vulnerable families, including Healthy Families America,
Nurse - Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and Early Head Start,» said Elizabeth Burke Bryant, executive director of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT.
Listen to
home visiting supervisors participating in MIHOPE discuss their experiences talking about the study with families and referral partners, Dr. David Olds (developer of
Nurse - Family Partnership) talking about the ethics of random assignment and the importance of continuing to build the evidence
base, and the MIHOPE - Strong Start research team responding directly to questions from potential sites.
Three evidence -
based home visiting models are supported with this recent round of grants:
Nurse - Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers and Early Head Start.
In Louisiana,
home visiting teams implementing two evidence -
based models,
Nurse Family Partnership and Parents as Teachers, participate in Foundational Infant Mental Health Training and receive ongoing support and guidance from an infant mental health specialist who consults with the team.
The study includes local
home visiting programs that use one of two national evidence -
based models that have been effective at improving birth outcomes: Healthy Families America (HFA) and
Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP).
MIHOPE includes four evidence -
based home visiting models: Early Head Start - Home Based Program Option, Healthy Families America, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teac
based home visiting models: Early Head Start - Home Based Program Option, Healthy Families America, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teach
home visiting models: Early Head Start -
Home Based Program Option, Healthy Families America, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teach
Home Based Program Option, Healthy Families America, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teac
Based Program Option, Healthy Families America,
Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.
The states application outlines plans to implement an evidence -
based statewide
home visiting system by expanding models already operating (Nurse - Family Partnership, Early Head Start, and Parents as Teachers) and initiating new ones (Early Start and Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home Visiti
home visiting system by expanding models already operating (Nurse - Family Partnership, Early Head Start, and Parents as Teachers) and initiating new ones (Early Start and Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home Vi
visiting system by expanding models already operating (
Nurse - Family Partnership, Early Head Start, and Parents as Teachers) and initiating new ones (Early Start and Maternal Early Childhood Sustained
Home Visiti
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Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP) is one of two evidence -
based home visitation models included in the federal Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation - Strong Start (MIHOPE - Strong Start) st
home visitation models included in the federal Mother and Infant
Home Visiting Program Evaluation - Strong Start (MIHOPE - Strong Start) st
Home Visiting Program Evaluation - Strong Start (MIHOPE - Strong Start) study.
Using an evidence -
based protocol, Family Connects ®
nurses address all areas of child and family well - being during their
home visit that can create challenges to family stability.
Missouri's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood
Home Visiting (MIECHV) team is comprised of the
Nurse - Family Partnership Program, Parents as Teachers and the Early Head Start
Home Based Option.
• Extending and Expanding Evidence -
Based, Voluntary
Home Visiting: Voluntary home visiting programs enable nurses, social workers, and other professionals to connect families to services and educational support that will improve a child's health, development, and ability to le
Home Visiting: Voluntary home visiting programs enable nurses, social workers, and other professionals to connect families to services and educational support that will improve a child's health, development, and ability t
Visiting: Voluntary
home visiting programs enable nurses, social workers, and other professionals to connect families to services and educational support that will improve a child's health, development, and ability to le
home visiting programs enable nurses, social workers, and other professionals to connect families to services and educational support that will improve a child's health, development, and ability t
visiting programs enable
nurses, social workers, and other professionals to connect families to services and educational support that will improve a child's health, development, and ability to learn.
• The President is proposing to expand the Administration's evidence -
based home visiting initiative, through which states are implementing voluntary programs that provide
nurses, social workers, and other professionals to meet with at - risk families in their
homes and connect them to assistance that impacts a child's health, development, and ability to learn.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R - WI) plan to address poverty — «Expanding Opportunity in America» — highlights
home visiting and
Nurse - Family Partnership, or NFP, in particular as being evidence
based and effective.
MIHOPE - Strong Start will evaluate the effectiveness of two evidence -
based home visiting models, Healthy Families America (HFA) and
Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), at improving birth outcomes for women who are enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP.