Next Article in Journal
The Safe Harbors Youth Intervention Project: Inter-Sectoral Collaboration to Address Sexual Exploitation in Minnesota
Previous Article in Journal
Being in an oasis: a restorative and reassuring place - women’s experiences of a valuable antenatal diabetes midwifery consultation
 
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
Journals
Nursing Reports
Volume 4
Issue 1
10.4081/nursrep.2014.3290
nursrep-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Propose a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share Share announcement Help format_quote Cite question_answer Discuss in SciProfiles thumb_up
...
Endorse textsms
...
Comment
Nursing Reports is published by MDPI from Volume 10 Issue 1 (2020). Previous articles were published by another publisher in Open Access under a CC-BY (or CC-BY-NC-ND) licence, and they are hosted by MDPI on mdpi.com as a courtesy and upon agreement with PAGEPress.
first_page
settings
Order Article Reprints
Font Type:
Arial Georgia Verdana
Font Size:
Aa Aa Aa
Line Spacing:
Column Width:
Background:
Article

Universal and targeted early home visiting: perspectives of public health nurses, managers and mothers

by
Megan Aston
1,*,
Sheri Price
1,
Josephine Etowa
1,
Adele Vukic
1,
Linda Young
2,
Christine Hart
2,
Emily MacLeod
1 and
Patricia Randel
1
1
School of Nursing Dalhousie University
2
Capital Health District Authority Public Health Services, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nurs. Rep. 2014, 4(1), 3290; https://doi.org/10.4081/nursrep.2014.3290
Submission received: 27 March 2014 / Revised: 17 June 2014 / Accepted: 17 June 2014 / Published: 4 July 2014
Versions Notes

Abstract

Early home visits provided by public health nurses (PHNs) around the world have been proven to positively impact physical, social, emotional and mental health outcomes of mothers and babies. Most of the research has focused on home visiting programs delivered by public health nurses and lay home visitors to support at risk or targeted mothers. Little research has been conducted to examine universal home visiting programs for mothers who are perceived to be lower-risk. The purpose of this research was to explore how universal and targeted early home visiting programs for mothers and babies were organized, delivered and experienced through the everyday practices of PHNs, mothers, and managers in one city in Atlantic Canada. Feminist post-structuralism was used to collect and analyze data through semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 16 PHNs, 16 mothers and 4 managers. Personal, social and institutional discourses of program delivery were examined using discourse analysis. Four main themes of the study include: i) understanding targeted and universal programming; ii) health outcomes; iii) building relationships; and iv) exploring a new surveillance. This article will discuss the first theme; understanding targeted and universal programming.
Keywords: public health nurses; mothers; post partum; early home visiting public health nurses; mothers; post partum; early home visiting

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Aston, M.; Price, S.; Etowa, J.; Vukic, A.; Young, L.; Hart, C.; MacLeod, E.; Randel, P. Universal and targeted early home visiting: perspectives of public health nurses, managers and mothers. Nurs. Rep. 2014, 4, 3290. https://doi.org/10.4081/nursrep.2014.3290

AMA Style

Aston M, Price S, Etowa J, Vukic A, Young L, Hart C, MacLeod E, Randel P. Universal and targeted early home visiting: perspectives of public health nurses, managers and mothers. Nursing Reports. 2014; 4(1):3290. https://doi.org/10.4081/nursrep.2014.3290

Chicago/Turabian Style

Aston, Megan, Sheri Price, Josephine Etowa, Adele Vukic, Linda Young, Christine Hart, Emily MacLeod, and Patricia Randel. 2014. "Universal and targeted early home visiting: perspectives of public health nurses, managers and mothers" Nursing Reports 4, no. 1: 3290. https://doi.org/10.4081/nursrep.2014.3290

APA Style

Aston, M., Price, S., Etowa, J., Vukic, A., Young, L., Hart, C., MacLeod, E., & Randel, P. (2014). Universal and targeted early home visiting: perspectives of public health nurses, managers and mothers. Nursing Reports, 4(1), 3290. https://doi.org/10.4081/nursrep.2014.3290

Article Metrics

Back to TopTop