Abstract

KEY POINTS

Evaluation of four additional home visits to all firstborn children by parent advisors and healthcare professionals during the end-of-pregnancy period and early childhood in a vulnerable area showed the following benefits:

More children in the study were breastfed and received all vaccinations compared with the control group.

There were fewer absentees at the routine check-up visits to the child healthcare centre in the study compared with the control group.

More mothers in the study group attended the check-up visits to the midwife 2 months after delivery compared with the controls.

Details

Title
Extended prenatal and postnatal home visits in a vulnerable area in Sweden—a pilot study
Author
Kuo, Zhe Chin 1 ; Marklund, Bertil 2 ; Kylén, Sven 3 ; Dalemo, Sofia 4 

 Närhälsan Guldvingen Healthcare Centre , Lidköping , Sweden, R&D Centre Skaraborg , Skövde , Sweden 
 Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden, R&D Centre Fyrbodal , Vänersborg , Sweden 
 R&D Centre Fyrbodal , Vänersborg , Sweden, Centre on Health Care Improvement and Innovation, Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg , Sweden 
 Närhälsan Guldvingen Healthcare Centre , Lidköping , Sweden, R&D Centre Skaraborg , Skövde , Sweden, Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden 
Pages
486-494
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Dec 2023
Publisher
Taylor & Francis LLC
ISSN
02813432
e-ISSN
15027724
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2942019342
Copyright
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