HOME VISITATION SERVICES FOR AT-RISK PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN - A RANDOMIZED TRIAL

Authors
MARCENKO MO SPENCE M
Citation
Mo. Marcenko et M. Spence, HOME VISITATION SERVICES FOR AT-RISK PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN - A RANDOMIZED TRIAL, American journal of orthopsychiatry, 64(3), 1994, pp. 468-478
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
American journal of orthopsychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029432
Volume
64
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
468 - 478
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(1994)64:3<468:HVSFAP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A randomized trial tested the psychosocial efficacy of a home visitati on model for women at risk of out-of-home placement of their newborns. After an average of ten months of exposure, the experimental group re ported significantly increased social support, greater access to servi ces, and decreased psychological distress. Implications of the finding s for interventions with at-risk families are discussed