Quantitative and qualitative home assessment of primary caretaker-child interactions in lower socioeconomic families.
Assessment is an important component of nursing management of at-risk children. Low socioeconomic status and intrauterine growth retardation are often considered to be risk factors for developmental disabilities. Home visitation is often suggested as a way to assess adult-child interactions. In this article, the author provides information about assessments conducted in lower socioeconomic homes and difficulties encountered in conducting them. She raises several questions for consideration as a result of her efforts to assess home environments and primary caregiver-child interactions of children with intrauterine growth retardation.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy