Abstract
Home visiting is effective for the promotion and prevention of mother-child health in other countries, especially in vulnerable populations such as pregnant teenagers.To evaluate the association between receiving a home visiting program during pregnancy and child development during the first year of life, maternal mental health, perception of social support and school attendance.Cross sectional assessment of 132 teenage mother-sibling pairs. Of these, 87 received home visits and 45 were randomly assigned to a control group. The assessed variables were maternal mental health, perception of social support, life satisfaction, incorporation of mothers to school after delivery, child development and frequency of child abuse and neglect.Mothers that received home visits had a better mental health and went back to school in a higher proportion. No significant differences between groups were observed on perception of social support or child development.These results suggest the effectiveness of domiciliary visits performed by non-professionals, to improve mental health and social integration of teenage mothers.
Highlights
Escuela de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
Effectiveness of a home visit program for adolescent mothers and their children Background: Home visiting is effective for the promotion and prevention of mother-child health in other countries, especially in vulnerable populations such as pregnant teenagers
No significant differences between groups were observed on perception of social support or child development
Summary
En Chile, existen dos investigaciones que han evaluado la efectividad y/o costo-efectividad de programas de VD, con madres adolescentes, y las visitas han sido realizadas por no profesionales de salud, utilizando distintos diseños metodológicos. Y conociendo los beneficios de las VD realizadas por agentes no-profesionales de la comunidad, el objetivo de este estudio fue comparar la salud mental materna, el apoyo psicosocial percibido, la asistencia al colegio y el desarrollo infantil en dos cohortes de díadas que han recibido diferentes programas de intervención para madres adolescentes y sus hijos/as a los 12-15 meses. La hipótesis planteada en este estudio es que habría una asociación entre haber recibido algún programa de VD (Programa A o B) con salud mental de la madre, apoyo social percibido, asistencia al colegio y desarrollo infantil, todos evaluados a los 12-15 meses de edad de los hijos/as
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