Journal article
Effectiveness of home visitation by public-health nurses in prevention of the recurrence of child physical abuse and neglect: a randomised controlled trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recurrence of child maltreatment is a major problem, yet little is known about approaches to reduce this risk in families referred to child protection agencies. Since home visitation by nurses for disadvantaged first-time mothers has proven effective in prevention of child abuse and neglect, we aimed to investigate whether this approach might reduce recidivism.
METHODS: We enrolled in a randomised controlled trial 163 families with …
Authors
MacMillan HL; Thomas BH; Jamieson E; Walsh CA; Boyle MH; Shannon HS; Gafni A
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 365, No. 9473, pp. 1786–1793
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
5 2005
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(05)66388-x
ISSN
0140-6736