title: Young, vulnerable and pregnant: family support in practice.
abstract: Intervention in the early years, including family support, can reduce inequality and disadvantage across the life course. This paper reports on an evaluation of a local project, which aims to increase resilience and avert crisis among vulnerable young mothers. It suggests that paraprofessional link workers, spanning the antenatal-postnatal period, may contribute to maternal health and wellbeing and increase use of support services and networks. However, challenges for inter-agency and interprofessional working remain.
authors.affiliation: School of Law and Social Science, University of Plymouth.
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halliday
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003150:Community Health Workers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D055815:Young Adult