From Bump to Baby and Beyond: The Importance of Home Visitation Programs

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of home visitation programs on families, featuring insights from program participants and a nurse manager.

On this episode of EquiTEA , Dorothy sits down with Amy Larsen, Nurse Manager for the RUHS Nurse-Family Partnership Program, along with former program participants Jessica and Daniel Miller. Together, they explore how the RUHS Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH)/Public Health Nursing (PHN) Branch delivers home visiting services to more than 1,500 families each year while addressing critical social determinants of health. Jessica and Daniel also share their personal experiences in the program and the impact it had on their family. To find out more about the programs MCAH/PHN offer, please visit: https://www.ruhealth.org/public-health/nursing-maternal-child-adolescent-health

People in this episode

Host: Dorothy

Guests: Amy Larsen, Jessica Miller, Daniel Miller

Topics covered

• home visitation programs
• maternal health
• child health
• public health nursing
• social determinants of health

Keywords

• home visiting
• maternal health
• child health
• public health
• social determinants

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RUHS Nurse-Family Partnership Program, RUHS Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH)/Public Health Nursing (PHN) Branch, Riverside County Public Health

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