Nurse home visitation and the prevention of child maltreatment: Impact on the timing of official reports  

Oleh:

Zielinski, David S. ; Eckenrode, John ; Olds, David L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Development and Psychopathology vol. 21 no. 2 (May 2009), page 441.
Topik: Nurse Family Partnership (NFP); Nurse Home Visitation; Child Maltreatment

Ketersediaan

Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: DD21.16 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

Lihat Detail Induk

Isi artikel

This study examined the effects of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), a program of prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses, on the timing of verified reports of child maltreatment. A sample of predominantly unmarried, low-income mothers and their first-born children were randomly assigned to receive either home visitation services by nurses beginning in pregnancy and lasting until the child was age 2, or comparison services. Previous studies have found that this program was effective in reducing the overall number of substantiated Child Protective Service reports by age 15. In the current study, survival analyses were used to assess temporal differences between nurse visited (n = 93) and comparison (n = 144) children's onset rates for maltreatment. The two groups' survival functions remained nearly identical until age 4, at which point the nurse-visited group's risk for onset began to significantly diminish. These results were more pronounced among the highest risk subgroup and among victims of neglect. The findings provide evidence that the NFP's success in reducing the number of maltreatment reports resulted in part from in its impact on the timing of the maltreatment process.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali