title: Home visits with first-time moms enhance self-care and improve birth outcomes.
abstract: A nurse model home visitation program for low-income, first-time mothers is decreasing the rate of future child abuse, preterm delivery, low-birth weight, and pregnancy-induced hypertension. Find out how this intensive model of one-on-one education and self-care is making a difference.
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D003120:Colorado; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012648:Self Care; D014481:United States