Introduction There is increasing international interest in universal, health promoting services
for pregnancy and the first three years of life and the concept of proportionate universalism …

Background This literature review was commissioned to support the Health Visitor
Implementation Plan 2011-2015: A Call to Action (Department of Health 2011). That …

Tämän mallinnuksen kohderyhmä, lastensuojelun jälkihuoltoon siirtyneet nuoret ovat ja
elävät tilanteessa, jossa osa nuorista tarvitsee vaativaa ja erityistä, yksilölliseen tarpeeseen …

Background Health inequities among children in Sweden persist despite the country's well-
developed welfare system and near universal access to the national child health care …

This paper reports on a study which sought to obtain greater knowledge and understanding
of the life circumstances of a group of people who had experienced adversity and abuse in …

Background: Health visitors (HVs), also known as public health nurses, in the UK provide a
universal community-based service to preschool children and their parents. Since they have …

Maternal mental illness is a major public health issue and can adversely affect the whole
family. Increasingly, research and policy are recognizing the benefits of a family-focused …

The assessment of parent-infant relationships is an important process in safeguarding and
promoting the health of children. There is compelling evidence of the importance of early …

Recent public concern about youth gangs in Britain has prompted a narrow, almost
stereotypical, range of US‐derived policy responses. This paper argues that family support …

Intensive nurse home visiting programs are an early childhood, population based
intervention that target vulnerable families. Programs are dependent on the relationship …