Objective To explore the current practice and perceptions of health visitors in supporting
multiple birth families. Design and sample Practicing health visitors across the United …

The altered landscape surrounding the commissioning of public health provision has
affected the nature and range of health visitor services across England. This is the first of two …

This is the second of two articles reporting evidence from a programme of research that
focused on how health visiting works, including service user and workforce perspectives …

Objective Identify process indicators to measure public health nursing practice during first
postnatal visits in Ireland. Design Using a RAND/UCLA appropriateness‐“modified Delphi” …

This paper reports the qualitative methods used and the findings that inform a theoretical
framework suitable for measuring parent/health visitor (HV) relationships. Focusing on the …

This paper, the fourth in a series of five, presents selected data from a qualitative study
undertaken to identify measureable indicators of the parent/health visitor relationship. It …

Social exclusion and isolation are worldwide social and health concerns with negative
effects becoming exacerbated in deprived communities. There is limited understanding …

The aim of this study was to examine health visitors' experiences and the education and
professional development needs of health visitors supporting multiple birth families. Two …

Star Babies is an enhancement of the universal Child Health Promotion Programme in
Northern Ireland, where first-time parents are offered additional regular health visiting …

This article examines how the 'weigh in'can be a 'way in'to joined-up physical and mental
healthcare in baby clinic settings. Instead of a group of parents and babies in a waiting room …