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Pregnancies and Births: Nurse Home Visit Programs |
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Some nurse home visitation programs have found a significant
reduction in subsequent pregnancies to poor unmarried women (Olds et al.,
1999). Nurse Home Visitation Programs enlist trained nurses to visit expectant
mothers in their homes both before their baby is born and after birth
in order to provide information and support that would promote better
maternal and child outcomes. In two areas assessed, Elmira, New York and
Memphis, Tennessee, low-income unmarried mothers who received nurse home
visits had fewer repeat pregnancies than mothers who did not receive home
visits (Olds et al., 1999). One welfare program, the Teenage Welfare Demonstration
Program, also includes a Nurse Home Visit component and is associated
with reducing subsequent fertility among teens in a quasi-experimental
design (Murray in Blank & Haskins, 2001). |
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