US: Newborns Benefit From Nurse Home Visits, Study Finds
Imprint – July 26, 2021
Researchers at Duke University have found that visits by a registered nurse to the homes of newborns as part of a comprehensive public health program can have significant, lasting positive effects. The randomized clinical trial found that, five years after families completed Durham County, North Carolina’s Family Connects program, a universal newborn nurse home-visiting program, the children were 33% less likely than nonparticipants to have needed child emergency medical care use and 39% less likely to have been the subject of a child protective services investigation for suspected child abuse and neglect.
Also: Effect of a Universal Postpartum Nurse Home Visiting Program on Child Maltreatment and Emergency Medical Care at 5 Years of Age: A Randomized Clinical Trial: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2781681#full-text-tab

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