The Effect of Early Postpartum Home Visits by Health Visitors: A Natural Experiment

Abstract

Nonstandardized home visits by health visitors were associated with a longer breastfeeding duration. The postnatal visits depended on parity and unmet needs increased the use of medical services.

Utilization of child health services, stress, social support and child characteristics in primiparous and multiparous mothers of 18-month-old children

“…More services should be offered to families with more than one child in terms of parent groups, office visits and home visits. Home visits are important to get to know the family, build a working relationship, and may even affect the duration of breastfeeding [5].…”

“…The low frequency of home visits to multiparous mothers may not encourage breastfeeding. In a Danish study [5], early postpartum home-visiting was studied in relation to mothers' duration of breastfeeding. During a period of labour market striking, the nurses offered home visits only after individual risk assessment, instead of visiting all families as before the strike.…”

Examining missed care in community nursing: A cross section survey design

“…A quality work environment with adequate staffing, positive relationships between staff and low levels of staff burnout is also linked to lower instances of missed care (Ausserhofer et al., ; Ball et al., ). Though some research has linked the omission of specific tasks to poorer health outcomes, no formal framework for examining missed care in the community has been developed (Hutchins et al., ; Kronborg, Væth, & Kristensen, ).…”

The role of paediatric nurse in home visiting of newborns and infants in the past - literary survey

“…The research studies conducted abroad revealed that home visits as postnatal support of young families is relatively cheaper intervention compared to service of a general practitioner for children and adolescents or hospital care. This information strongly supports the economic benefits of community care, particularly in relation to the issue of more frequent searches of health care by parents as compensation for the lack of visiting service in the home [27].…”

“…The contents of the visit of mothers at home is very individual and the nurse must be able to effectively evaluate the needs of the family and be able to distinguish which mothers are potentially at risk and to which areas should be given increased attention. From the research studies, a risk area appeared breastfeeding, basic child care, developmental characteristics and needs of rest and sleep [27].…”