Sentences with phrase «regular home visits»

Schedule regular home visits with families to discuss programs toward meeting identified goals.

In addition, the study found that mothers who received regular home visits breastfed longer and, among HIV - infected mothers, were more likely to breastfeed exclusively for six months.

Through regular home visits and the development of a strong therapeutic relationship between nurse and mother, the programme has three main aims:

One of the most rigorously evaluated is the Nurse - Family Partnership, a program, now operating in 350 counties across the nation, that sends registered nurses to conduct regular home visits with low - income women who are having their first child.

The study found that regular home visits of pregnant mothers, and later of those mothers and their infants, by specially trained lay community mothers from the «Mentor Mothers» program led to significantly better health outcomes 18 months later in both the mothers and their children.

Conduct regular home visits with enrolled families and provide child development and parenting information.

Regular home visits from a supportive, highly trained home visitor can help alleviate some of the stressors associated with this time period.

Diana Careaga, a program officer for home visitation for the early childhood services organization First 5 LA, said regular home visits can help stressed - out new moms become more confident parents.

Once they leave hospital, they receive regular home visits, because in tandem with the Baby Basket program is a 12 - week Home Visit program.

A total of 755 women with multiple risk factors were recruited, 394 received regular home visits (treatment group), while 361 only had access to standard community services (control group).

Its a Section 8 program for veterans that includes Social Worker support and regular home visits, and in larger urban areas, dedicated medical and mental health teams.