The study evaluated the benefits of an Australian Nurse Home Visiting (NHV) program ("right@home") in promoting children's language and learning, general and mental health, maternal mental health and wellbeing, parenting and family relationships, at child ages 4 and 5 years. Study findings suggets that an Australian NHV program promoted longer-term family functioning and wellbeing for women experiencing adversity. NHV can offer an important component of a proportionate universal system that delivers support and intervention relative to need.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36441705/

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  3. Goldfeld S, Price A, Bryson H, Bruce T, Mensah F, Orsini F, et al. right@home: A randomised controlled trial of sustained nurse home visiting from pregnancy to child age 2 years, versus usual care, to improve parent care, parent responsivity and the home learning environment at 2 years. British Medical Journal Open. 2017;7(3):e013307.

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Maternal & Infant Health  Maternal Health  Child Health  Maternal/Fetal health during pregnancy  

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