Nurse Home Visiting Programs

[Leah Brody <brodyleah@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> I am currently looking for unpublished studies on the effects of  
> Nurse Home Visiting Programs on child maltreatment outcomes. The  
> inclusion and exclusion criteria of this research is as follows:
>
> Inclusion -
> 1. Only studies that measured the impact of nurse home visiting  
> programs on child maltreatment outcomes from 1997 to 2008 were used
>                            2.  Child maltreatment in the studies  
> gathered was limited to physical abuse and        neglect.
>            3.  Only qualitative and quantitative research that  
> focused on child abuse prevention for at-risk families were included.
>
>            4.  Research focused specifically on programs that were  
> implemented by public health nurses.
>
>            5. Limited to the use of nurse home visiting as early  
> prevention programs before the birth of a child or in the first 2-3  
> years of childhood.
>
> Exclusion -
>
> 1. Studies that examined factors closely related to child  
> maltreatment, such as familial stress, but did not specifically  
> examine child maltreatment outcomes were not used.
>
>            2.  Studies that included child sexual abuse.
>
>            3. Universal nurse home visiting program.
>
>            4.  Studies that examined the impact of paraprofessional  
> home visiting programs on child maltreatment outcomes.
>
>            5.  Nurse home visiting programs that were implemented  
> after an incident of child maltreatment occurred and/or were not  
> used as early prevention programs.
>
>
>
> Thank you

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