Prenatal and postnatal home visiting programs for parents, newborns, and babies : a review of clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and guidelines /
In 2019, there were 372,329 babies born in Canada. Public health early child home visiting programs have been delivered for many years in all provinces and territories in Canada. Home visiting is a method for delivering a broad range of child development enhancement services to parents, newborns and...
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ottawa :
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health,
2020
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| Edition: | Version: 1.0. |
| Series: | Rapid response report (Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health)
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| Summary: | In 2019, there were 372,329 babies born in Canada. Public health early child home visiting programs have been delivered for many years in all provinces and territories in Canada. Home visiting is a method for delivering a broad range of child development enhancement services to parents, newborns and their families. It has the advantage of the individually tailoring support to clients in the context of their own homes. However, these services have disadvantages in terms of not being able to provide care to as many mothers/newborns in comparison to centre-based care, and have potential resource implications. In contrast, health centre-based programs may sacrifice specificity of care based on families' different living conditions, and require transportation costs which may be burdensome for families. The purpose of this report is to examine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prenatal and postnatal home visiting programs for parents, newborns, and babies up to two years of age. Additionally, evidence-based guidelines regarding the provision of prenatal and postnatal home visiting programs for these populations will be reviewed |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 PDF file (29 pages)) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISSN: | 1922-8147 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 16, 2021). |
| Funding Information Note: | Funding: CADTH receives funding from Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the exception of Quebec. |
