Association of maternal and community factors with enrollment in home visiting among at-risk, first-time mothers

N.K. Goyal, E.S. Hall, D.E. Jones, J.K. Meinzen-Derr, J.A. Short, R.T. Ammerman and J.B. Van Ginkel

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue S1, S144-S151

Abstract: Objectives. We identified individual and contextual factors associated with referral and enrollment in home visiting among at-risk, first-time mothers. Methods. We retrospectively studied referral and enrollment in a regional home visiting program from 2007 to 2009 in Hamilton County, Ohio. Using linked vital statistics and census tract data, we obtained individual and community measures on first-time mothers meeting eligibility criteria for home visiting (low income, unmarried, or age

Keywords: article; demography; educational status; female; home care; human; infant; mother; retrospective study; risk factor; statistics; United States; young adult, Educational Status; Female; Home Health Nursing; Humans; Infant; Mothers; Ohio; Residence Characteristics; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301488

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