Book
Seven: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
By David L. Olds, Peggy L. Hill, Sharon F. Mihalic,
and Ruth A. O’Brien.
This program
, formerly known as Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation by Nurses,
sends nurses to the homes of pregnant
women who are predisposed to infant health and
developmental problems in order to improve parent
and child outcomes. Home visiting also promotes
the cognitive and social-emotional development
of the children, and provides general support
and parenting skills to the parent. (1998, 2001)