Topic
Promising practice - strong international evidence base, workforce-delivered home visiting, targets disadvantaged families.
Tools & Frameworks
Good practice
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for home-visiting support targeting early adversity in at-risk mothers.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
Description
An evidence-based home-visiting programme in which trained nurses regularly visit first-time, socially disadvantaged mothers from pregnancy through the child's early years, supporting maternal health, sensitive caregiving and child development. It is implemented in several European countries (Bulgaria, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, UK).
Brief description
Home-visiting programme pairing nurses with first-time, at-risk mothers.
Country
Bulgaria, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, UK
Keywords
Family-based · Universal prevention, nurse home visiting, disadvantaged mothers, early adversity, multi-country, evidence-based
Resource Title
Nurse-Family Partnership
