Extended postnatal home visiting in a disadvantaged area in Stockholm

Conditions

Optimising child health services in collaboration with social services Not Applicable

Barboza M, Marttila A, Burström B, Kulane A.

2022-06-015 citations

Covid-19 and pathways to health inequities for families in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area of Sweden – qualitative analysis of home visitors’ observations

Madelene Barboza, Anneli Marttila, Bo Burström, Asli Kulane

International Journal for Equity in Health2021-09-2621 citations

10.1186/s12939-021-01556-6

Strengthening resilience through an extended postnatal home visiting program in a multicultural suburb in Sweden: fathers striving for stability

Kirsi Tiitinen Mekhail, Lene Lindberg, Bo Burström, Anneli Marttila

BMC Public Health2019-01-2221 citations

10.1186/s12889-019-6440-y

Practising proportionate universalism - a study protocol of an extended postnatal home visiting programme in a disadvantaged area in Stockholm, Sweden.

Burström B, Marttila A, Kulane A, Lindberg L, Burström K.

2017-01-2837 citations

10.1186/s12913-017-2038-1

Interventions

All new parents registering at Rinkeby Child Health Centre who consent to participate in the study receive six home visits by a child health nurse and a parental advisor when the child is aged 2-15 mo

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All first-time parents registering at Rinkeby Child Health Centre (intervention centre), Husby Child Health Centre (control centre), Akalla Child Health Centre (control centre), and Hässelby-Vällingby Child Health Centre (control centre) who are willing to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria used

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Parental health and satisfaction with care are measured using a questionnaire (with a question on self-rated health, and a question on satisfaction with care) at child’s age 2 months and 15 months 2. Child health and growth is measured using height and weight at doctor visits at age 3, 6, 12 and 18 months. 3. Language abilities of child are measured at age 3 years, using a Swedish child health screening instrument 4. Health care utilisation is measured using review of medical records at doctor visits at age 3, 6, 12 and 18 months 5. Dental caries in children are measured using dental examination at age 3 years 6. Child care attendance is measured by question at interview at 15 months of age	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Parental health and satisfaction with care are measured using a questionnaire (with a question on self-rated health, and a question on satisfaction with care) at child’s age 2 months and 15 months 2. Child health and growth is measured using height and weight at doctor visits at age 3, 6, 12 and 18 months. 3. Language abilities of child are measured at age 3 years, using a Swedish child health screening instrument 4. Health care utilisation is measured using review of medical records at doctor visits at age 3, 6, 12 and 18 months 5. Dental caries in children are measured using dental examination at age 3 years 6. Child care attendance is measured by question at interview at 15 months of age

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Vaccination coverage is measured by having completed all vaccinations at 2 years of age, from child health record 4. Emergency ward visits among children are measured by analysis of time series (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016) of administrative data for children aged 0-1 and 1-2 years residing in intervention and control areas, respectively 5. Proportion of children with developmental deviations are measured at age 3 years, using a Swedish child health screening instrument at doctor visit	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Vaccination coverage is measured by having completed all vaccinations at 2 years of age, from child health record 4. Emergency ward visits among children are measured by analysis of time series (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016) of administrative data for children aged 0-1 and 1-2 years residing in intervention and control areas, respectively 5. Proportion of children with developmental deviations are measured at age 3 years, using a Swedish child health screening instrument at doctor visit

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Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed