The Outcome of the European Early Promotion Project: Mother-Child Interaction

Why health visiting? Examining the potential public health benefits from health visiting practice within a universal service: A narrative review of the literature

“…Collier, et al (2004). Injury prevention training: a cluster randomised controlled trial assessing its effect on the knowledge, attitudes, and Build on strengths -check out existing expertise (Collinson and Cowley, 1998b) Negotiating an important feature of getting to know and becoming known to help understand the resources available to client (Cowley, 1991) Assesses needs by treating health as a process that draws on personal and situational resources (Cowley, 1995b;Cowley and Billings, 1999) Delivers community parenting programme, with access to regular clinical supervision, to provide resource for parental learning and skills development (Sonuga-Barke et al, 2001) When children are vulnerable to poor psycho-social development use interactions to develop personal resources, such as parental confidence, (McIntosh and Shute, 2006), sense of being listened to, encouraged and faith in services and situational resource for child in the form of improved parent-child interaction (Puura et al, 2005b).…”

NEW DAD STUDY (NEST): A mixed-methods feasibility study of an intervention to improve men’s mental health and wellbeing during their transition to fatherhood

“…Evaluation of this project involving 824 families by the programme developers showed some positive outcomes such as parents' greater satisfaction with and perceived helpfulness of the healthcare professionals trained in the promotional methods; the practicalities of the service in the intervention group were perceived more favourably than the usual services by women in Cyprus, Greece and the UK; and women in all ve countries stated that their healthcare professionals made them feel more positive about themselves. 6,7,8 Additionally, women from Greece reported less depression, greater self-esteem, better relationships with their partners, living in a better environment, nding parenting less stressful, and having better relationships with their children two years following the intervention, compared to the 'usual care group'. 6 Health visitors in the UK study, trained in using the promotional interviews with women, reported increased identi cation of need in families than those who were not trained.…”

What makes health visiting successful—or not? 1. Universality

“…Appropriate support can be arranged, then, including increased contacts, information-giving, early interventions or referrals as required. This approach has been shown to be successful, particularly when health visitors are trained in the Family Partnership Model and use antenatal and postnatal guides (Davis et al 2005, Puura et al 2005. Health reviews require sensitive assessments of health needs, using finely-honed health visiting skills and knowledge (Appleton and Cowley 2008a, b) and the ability to exercise autonomy and flexibility.…”