New York Times: How Home Visits by Nurses Help Mothers and Children, Especially Boys

On her regular home visits, the nurse brought books for Aliah Arneson to read to her baby daughter, Aisaya. She taught Ms. Arneson how to safely install a car seat; how to position Aisaya when her ear hurt so the fluid would drain; and how to confront the anxiety she felt about motherhood. “It gave me a lot of confidence,” said Ms. Arneson, 31, a hair stylist and a single mother in Kenosha, Wis. “I did not have my mom as a person who could do that for me, so my nurse was that person.” The visits were part of the Nurse-Family Partnership, a program for low income, first-time mothers that sends nurses on home visits from pregnancy until children are 2, covering things like diet, breast-feeding, safety, parenting skills, age appropriate toys and mental health. The mothers are typically young and unmarried, with a high school education and a median income of $9,000. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/upshot/how-home-visits-by-nurses-help-mothers-and-children-especially-boys.html