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'right@home': a randomised controlled trial of sustained nurse home visiting from pregnancy to child age 2 years, versus usual care, to improve parent care, parent responsivity and the home learning environment at 2 years
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posted on 2017-03-20, 00:00 authored by S Goldfeld, A Price, Hannah Bryson, T Bruce, F Mensah, F Orsini, Lisa GoldLisa Gold, H Hiscock, C Smith, L Bishop, D Jackson, L KempINTRODUCTION: By the time children start school, inequities in learning, development and health outcomes are already evident. Sustained nurse home visiting (SNHV) offers a potential platform for families experiencing adversity, who often have limited access to services. While SNHV programmes have been growing in popularity in Australia and internationally, it is not known whether they can improve children's learning and development when offered via the Australian service system. The right@home trial aims to investigate the effectiveness of an SNHV programme, offered to women from pregnancy to child age 2 years, in improving parent care of and responsivity to the child, and the home learning environment. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Pregnant Australian women (n=722) are identified after completing a screening survey of 10 factors known to predict children's learning and development (eg, young pregnancy, poor mental or physical health, lack of support). Consenting women-surveyed while attending clinics at 10 hospitals in Victoria and Tasmania-are enrolled if they report having 2 or more risk factors. The intervention comprises 25 home visits from pregnancy to 2 years, focusing on parent care of the child, responsivity to the child and providing a good quality home learning environment. The standard, universal, Australian child and family health service provides the comparator (control). Primary outcome measures include a combination of parent-reported and objective assessments of children's sleep, safety, nutrition, parenting styles and the home learning environment, including the Home Observation of the Environment Inventory and items adapted from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study is approved by the Royal Children's Hospital Human Research Ethics Committees (HREC 32296) and site-specific HRECs. The investigators and sponsor will communicate the trial results to stakeholders, participants, healthcare professionals, the public and other relevant groups via presentations and publications. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN89962120, pre-results.
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BMJ openVolume
7Issue
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e013307Pagination
1 - 15Publisher
BMJ GroupLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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2044-6055Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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child developmenthome visitsmaternal healthrandomised controlled trialsocioeconomic factorsScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineMedicine, General & InternalGeneral & Internal MedicineDIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIREVISITATION PROGRAMMENTAL-HEALTHINFANT SLEEPPOPULATIONINEQUALITYSTRENGTHSVALIDITYOUTCOMESMOTHERS
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