Program Profile: Nurse-Family Partnership

This is a home visitation program for low-income, first-time mothers designed to improve family functioning.

Evidence Rating: Effective | More than one study

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This is a home visitation program for low-income, first-time mothers designed to improve family functioning. The program is rated Effective. Treatment families reported statistically significant decreases in child abuse/neglect and domestic violence and improvements in home learning environments, compared with control families. Treatment children reported statistically significant decreases in substance use, compared with control children, but there were no differences in behavior problems.

An Effective rating implies that implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes either 1) one study conducted in multiple sites; or 2) two or three studies, each conducted at a different site. Learn about how we make the multisite determination.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 0 - 4

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Hispanic, American Indians/Alaska Native

Geography: Suburban Urban Rural

Setting (Delivery): Home

Program Type: Conflict Resolution/Interpersonal Skills, Family Therapy, Parent Training

Targeted Population: Children Exposed to Violence, Families

Current Program Status: Active

Program Developer:
Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office
Nurse–Family Partnership National Service Office

1900 Grant Street, Suite 400
Denver, CO 80203
United States

Phone: 866.864.5226
Website(link is external)
Email

Program Developer:
David Olds
Professor of Pediatrics and Director
Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, University of Colorado Denver

13121 East 17th Avenue, Room 5317, M.S. 8410, P.O. Box 6511
Aurora, CO 80045
United States

Phone: 303.724.2892
Website(link is external)
Email