State Health Department and University Evaluation of North Carolina’s Maternal Outreach Worker Program

Tessaro, Irene; Campbell, M. Karen; O’Meara, Christine; Herrick, Harry; Buescher, Paul A.; Meyer, Robert E.; McGloin, Tim; Roth, Marcia; Cross, Alan

doi:10.1016/s0749-3797(18)30092-8

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“…This research was undertaken as part of a comprehensive longitudinal evaluation of the MOW program ( Tessaro et al, 1997). This phase of the program's evaluation was conducted in two steps.…”

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Social Support and Psychological Functioning Among High‐Risk Mothers: The Impact of the Baby Love Maternal Outreach Worker Program

Navaie‐Waliser

Martin

Tessaro

et al. 2000

Public Health Nursing

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This study compared two groups of high-risk Medicaid-eligible mothers, 221 who participated in a maternal home visitation program and 198 who did not, to determine whether program participation was associated with improvements in the mothers' psychological functioning 1 year after delivery, and whether these improvements were associated with the type and intensity of support provided by home visitors. The results suggest that, compared to nonparticipants, participants provided with more intensive home visitor support had significantly higher self-esteem (p = 0.039) and were less depressed (p = 0.015). Participants with less intensive home visitor support, however, did not differ significantly from nonparticipants in their self-esteem or depression levels. No significant differences were observed in the perceived stress levels of participants as compared with nonparticipants, regardless of the intensity of home visitor support. Mothers who had support from the baby's father, however, had significantly lower perceived stress levels than mothers with no support from the baby's father (p = 0.046). Moreover, the type of support provided by home visitors (emotional, instrumental, informational) did not appear to be related to the mothers' psychological functioning. This study suggests that the intensity of support is an important component of maternal home visitation programs that aim to improve women's psychological functioning.

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Social Support and Psychological Functioning Among High‐Risk Mothers: The Impact of the Baby Love Maternal Outreach Worker Program

Navaie‐Waliser

Martin

Tessaro

et al. 2000

Public Health Nursing

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“…L ay health advisor (LHA) interventions are commonly used to address a wide variety of public health issues, often in traditionally underserved communities (Beam & Tessaro, 1994; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1994;Earp & Flax, 1999;Eng, 1993;Sharp et al, 1998;Tessaro et al, 1997;Watkins et al, 1994). This approach involves the identification and recruitment of individuals indigenous to a community who serve natural helping roles in their social networks.…”

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Assessing Lay Health Advisor Activity in an Intervention to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Native American Children

Kegler

Stern²,

Whitecrow-Ollis³

et al. 2003

Health Promotion Practice

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The purpose of this study is to assess patterns of lay health advisor (LHA) activity in an intervention to reduce lead exposure in Native American children exposed to mine waste. A total of 39 LHAs were recruited and trained to become LHAs from eight tribes in northeastern Oklahoma. LHAs completed activity tracking forms over a 2-year intervention period to document contacts made with community groups and individuals in their social networks. They engaged in an average of 5.4 activities per month, reaching an average of 39 persons. Close members of their social networks were reached in 40.4% of the contacts; persons outside of their networks were reached in 24% of the contacts. This study suggests that 1 to 3 contacts per week may be a reasonable expectation for LHA activity. Findings also suggest that LHA interventions are a promising approach for engaging Native American communities in addressing an environmental health problem.

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“…Eleven of the studies (39%) reported on prenatal care utilization, including one report that analyzed African American and White women separately (Table 2). Utilization was reported as prenatal care adequacy, using the Kotelchuck (Baldwin et al, 1998; Sangalang et al, 2006) or Kessler (Keeton et al, 2004; Rogers et al, 1996; Tessaro et al, 1997) indices, or as an absolute number of prenatal care visits given the trimester began prenatal care. Significant differences between the percent of the home‐visiting and non‐home‐visiting groups who received adequate prenatal care ranged from less than 1% (Hardy et al, 1987) to 4.5% (Keeton et al).…”

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“…Of the 28 studies, 26 (93%) reported on the association between home visiting and a neonatal outcome (Table 3). Twenty‐four reports evaluated birth weight as an outcome, including one study that analyzed findings for African American and White women separately (Tessaro et al, 1997). Seven (28%) found a significant increase in birth weight for women who received prenatal home visiting compared to those who did not, including only three of the 12 RCTs (Brooten et al, 2001; Lee et al, 2009; Norbeck et al, 1996).…”

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A Review of Prenatal Home‐Visiting Effectiveness for Improving Birth Outcomes

Issel

Forrestal

Slaughter

et al. 2011

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

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State Health Department and University Evaluation of North Carolina’s Maternal Outreach Worker Program

Cited by 25 publications

References 10 publications

Social Support and Psychological Functioning Among High‐Risk Mothers: The Impact of the Baby Love Maternal Outreach Worker Program

Social Support and Psychological Functioning Among High‐Risk Mothers: The Impact of the Baby Love Maternal Outreach Worker Program

Assessing Lay Health Advisor Activity in an Intervention to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Native American Children

A Review of Prenatal Home‐Visiting Effectiveness for Improving Birth Outcomes

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