Tuesday 1 September 2009

Home visits

Recent studies have shown home visiting programmes can have long term social and health benefits - but are they cost effective? A study published in the Journal of Public Health looks at a programme for vulnerable families during antenatal and postnatal periods.
Nurse led home visits are also highlighted as being valuable in effective assessment of childhood asthma, it is shown in a study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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