Does Public Health Nurse Home Visitation Make a Difference in the Health Outcomes of Pregnant Clients and Their Offspring?

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 184-189

  Fetrick, Ann ^a   Christensen, Mary ^a   Mitchell, Carol ^a  

^a Lincoln Lancaster Co Hlth Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

Antepartum; Health outcomes; Home visitation; Public Health Nurse

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 0038209768     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0737-1209.2003.20305.x     Document Type: Article

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