Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation by Nurses: Outcomes Assessed

Outcomes Assessed

Family and relationship outcomes

  • Violence in family or other relationships (child abuse and neglect)
  • Births/pregnancies
  • Parent-child interactions
  • Family formation and stability/Living arrangements
  • Foster care
  • Family and relationship outcomes - misc.
  • Parenting attitudes
  • Parenting skills

Education

  • High school graduation/GED receipt
  • School attendance
  • Education - misc.

Employment

  • Job attainment
  • Job retention
  • Employment - misc.

Income security

  • Earnings
  • Food stamps receipt
  • Medicaid receipt
  • Welfare receipt
  • Income security - misc.

Adult outcomes

  • Emotional well-being
  • Health/ physical well-being (including prenatal health)
  • Social functioning/social relationships
  • Planning for future
  • Adult outcomes - misc.

Substance abuse

  • Patterns and severity of substance use
  • Legal problems related to substance use
  • Substance abuse - misc.

Housing

  • Housing - misc.

Standard of living

  • Standard of living - misc.

Service utilization

  • Service utilization - misc.

Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness

  • Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness - misc.

Child Outcomes

  • Child social/emotional/behavioral outcomes
  • Child cognitive (attention, problem solving, memory, language, and vocabulary) outcomes
  • Child academic outcomes
  • Child overall development
  • Child mental/physical health outcomes