The following studies have been published on the replication of the Nurse-Family Partnership program in countries outside the U.S. Some of these journals may charge a fee to access an article.
CANADA
Effectiveness of nurse-home visiting in improving child and maternal outcomes prenatally to age two years: A randomised controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project). Catherine, N.L.A., MacMillan, H., Cullen, A., Zheng, Y., Xie, H., Boyle, M., Sheehan, D., Lever, R., Jack, S. M., Gonzalez, A., Gafni, A., Tonmyr, L., Barr, R., Marcellus, L., Varcoe, C., & Waddell, C. (2023). Effectiveness of nurse-home visiting in improving child and maternal outcomes prenatally to age two years: A randomised controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65, 644 – 655.
Nurse home visiting and prenatal substance use in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population in British Columbia: Analysis of a prenatal secondary outcomes in an ongoing randomized controlled trial. Catherine, N.L.A., Boyle, M., Zheng, Y., McCandless, L., Xie, H., Lever, R., Sheehan, D., Gonzalez, A., Jack, S.M., Gafni, A., Tonmyr, L., Marcellus, L., Varcoe, C., Cullen, A., Hjertaas, K., Riebe, C., Rikert, N., Sunthoram, A., Barr, R.G., MacMillan, H., Waddell, C. (2020). Nurse home visiting and prenatal substance use in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population in British Columbia: Analysis of a prenatal secondary outcomes in an ongoing randomized controlled trial. Canadian Medical Association Journal Open, 8, E667–E675.
Reaching Underserved Children and Families: Lessons from the BC Healthy Connections Project. Catherine, N.L.A., Hjertaas, K., Cullen, A., Zheng, Y., Amhaz, H., Lever, R., Gray-Grant, D., Waddell, C. (2021). Reaching Underserved Children and Families: Lessons from the BC Healthy Connections Project. Vancouver, BC: Children’s Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University.
Retaining participants in community-based health research: A case example on standardized planning and reporting. Catherine, N.L.A., Lever, R., Marcellus, L., Tallon, C., Sheehan, D., MacMillan, H., Gonzalez, A., Jack, S.M., Waddell, C. (2020). Retaining participants in community-based health research: A case example on standardized planning and reporting. Trials, 21, 393–405.
The British Columbia Healthy Connections Project: Findings on socioeconomic disadvantage in early pregnancy. Catherine, N.L.A., Lever, R., Sheehan, D, Zheng, Y., Boyle, M., McCandless, L., Gafni, A., Gonzalez, A., Jack, S.M., Tonmyr, L., Varcoe, C., MacMillan, H., Waddell, C. (2019). The British Columbia Healthy Connections Project: Findings on socioeconomic disadvantage in early pregnancy. BMC Public Health, 19, 1161–1171.
Improving children’s health and development in British Columbia through nurse home visiting: A randomized controlled trial protocol. Catherine N.L.A., Gonzalez, A., Boyle, M., Sheehan, D., Jack, S.M., Hougham, K., McCandless, L., MacMillan H., Waddell, C., for the BC Healthy Connections Project Scientific Team. (2016). Improving children’s health and development in British Columbia through nurse home visiting: A randomized controlled trial protocol. BMC Health Services Research, 16, 349–362.
England
Effectiveness of Nurse-led Intensive Home-visitation Programme for First-time Teenage Mothers (Building Blocks): A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial
Robling M, Bekkers MJ, Bell K, Butler CC, Cannings-John R, Channon S, Martin BC, Gregory JW, Hood K, Kemp A, Kenkre J, Montgomery AA, Moody G, Owen-Jones E, Pickett K, Richardson G, Roberts ZE, Ronaldson S, Sanders J, Stamuli E, Torgerson D. The Lancet. 2015;387(10014):146-155.
Supplementary Appendix
Building Evidence to Improve Maternal and Child Health
Olds DL, 2015. Lancet Commentary.
Netherlands
The effect of VoorZorg, the Dutch Nurse-Family Partnership, on child maltreatment and development: a randomized controlled trial
Jamila Mejdoubi, Silvia C.C.M. van den Heijkant, Frank J.M. van Leerdam, Martijn W. Heymans, Alfons Crijnen, and Remy A. HiraSing
PLoS ONE, 2015
Effect of nurse home visits vs. usual care on reducing intimate partner violence in young high-risk pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial
Jamila Mejdoubi, Silvia C. C. M. van den Heijkant, Frank J. M. van Leerdam, Martijn W. Heymans, Remy A. Hirasing and Alfons A. M. Crijnen
PLoS ONE, 2013; 8(10)
Effects of nurse home visitation on cigarette smoking, pregnancy outcomes and breastfeeding: a randomized controlled trial
Jamila Mejdoubi, Silvia C.C.M. van den Heijkant, Frank J.M. van Leerdam, Matty Crone, Alfons Crijnen, and Remy A. HiraSing
Midwifery, 2013
Addressing risk factors for child abuse among high risk pregnant women: design of a randomised controlled trial of the nurse family partnership in Dutch preventive health care
Jamila Mejdoubi, Silvia van den Heijkant, Elle Struijf, Frank van Leerdam, Remy HiraSing and Alfons Crijnen
BMC Public Health, 2011; 11:823
Resources
INTERNATIONAL NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
http://nfpinternational.ucdenver.edu/international-program
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