The effect of health visitors' postpartum home visit frequency on first-time mothers: Cluster randomised trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 689-702

  Christie, Janice ^a   Bunting, Brendan ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health nursing; Depression; House calls; Postnatal care; Postpartum; Public health nursing; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79957885838     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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