First-time parents, postnatal home visits Pregnancy and Childbirth First-time parents, postnatal home visits
Conditions
Interventions
All first-time parents registering their child at Rinkeby Child Health Centre (CHC) center are offered six postnatal home visits by a CHC nurse and a parental advisor form the social services during c
Sponsors
Karolinska Institute
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. First-time families (mother's first child) 2. Registering their infant at Rinkeby CHC center (intervention centre) or Spånga-Tensta CHC center (control centre) 3. Informed consent to participate given during the recruitment period
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not meeting the inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parental health and satisfaction with care and parental health literacy (HL) levels are measured using the health literacy questionnaire (HLS_EU-Q16), including a question on self-rated health, and a question on satisfaction with care and health literacy, when their child is <2 months and 15 to18 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Child health and growth/development is measured using height and weight at doctor/nurse visits at the ages of 1, 6, 12 and 18 months. 2. Language abilities of the child are measured using a Swedish child health screening instrument, at the ages of 1 and 5 years 3. Child care attendance is measured by a question at a parental interview when their child is 15 to 18 months old. | — |
Countries
Sweden
Contacts
Public ContactLene Lindberg
Outcome results
None listed