Universal program that employs nurse-parent educator team as visitors cuts ER use
THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A universal home visiting model that employs a nurse-parent educator team as visitors in the homes of primary caregivers and their first-born children can reduce health care use in the first year, according to a study published online Dec. 15 in Pediatrics.
M. Rebecca Kilburn, Ph.D., and Jill S. Cannon, Ph.D., from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, Calif., conducted a randomized clinical trial of an intensive visiting program delivered in homes of primary caregivers and their first-born children in Santa Fe, N.M. Two hundred forty-four primary caregivers participated in the survey.
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