A preventive child health program: the effect of telephone and home visits by public health nurses

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 85; no. 6; pp. 854 - 855
• Main Authors: Oda, D S, Heilbron, D C, Taylor, H J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01-06-1995; American Public Health Association
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; California; Child; Child care; Child Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Childrens health; Data analysis; Families & family life; Generalized linear models; Health care policy; House Calls; Humans; Infant; Intervention; Low income groups; Maternal & child health; Medicaid; Medical sciences; Mental health; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing homes; Outreach services; Poor families; Prevention and actions; Preventive health care; Preventive Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Preventive medicine; Promotion; Public health; Public health nurses; Public Health Nursing; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...); Telephone; Young children; United States; North America; America; Human; Prevention; Evaluation; Sanitary program; At home; Telephone call; Child; Public health; Nurse
• ISSN: 0090-0036; 1541-0048
• DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.85.6.854

A randomized trial was conducted to determine if a public health nursing intervention consisting of telephone contacts or home visits affected the receipt of preventive health services by children eligible for the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment program. Each nursing intervention was applied using a protocol, and outcome data for 1654 case subjects were obtained from state-paid provider claims. However, the trial revealed no statistically significant differences between the study groups, nor was ethnicity a significant factor. Methodological and study context issues were identified that may have affected the results, the generalization of which is limited by the strict selection of cases.