Parent Line: nurse telephone intervention for parents and caregivers of children from birth through age 5.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the development and implementation of Parent Line, a program to improve the health and development status of children through periodic telephone contact by nurses.


METHODS
Low-income parents of children from birth through age 5.


CONCLUSIONS
Telephone contact with a nurse, combined with peer counselor contact when no telephone is available, is welcomed by parents and can address needs in a timely way that might be unmet otherwise. Telephone intervention can provide social and emotional support, education, and advocacy for families.


CONCLUSIONS
The telephone can be of value to pediatric nurses in providing anticipatory guidance and health teaching, and be a support to parents throughout the preschool years.
Moore
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Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. mmoore@bgsm.edu
Krowchuk
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D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003256:Community Participation; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D015277:Hotlines / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D016487:Parenting; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support