Monday, December 2, 2013

Positive effects in children after home visits by nurses, paraprofessionals

Home visits by nurses and paraprofessionals to children of low-income women had some positive benefits for the children on cognitive and behavioral measures, according to the results of a clinical trial published by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.Home visits by nurses to low-income families have been promoted as one strategy to improve health and development outcomes for first-born children from those families, according to the study background.David L. Olds, Ph.D.

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