Kelleher Larni, Johnson Maree
School of Nursing, Family and Community Health, College of Social and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Public Health Nurs. 2004 Jul-Aug;21(4):297-305. doi: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2004.21402.x.
A descriptive comparative design was used to evaluate the Cottage Community Care Pilot Project, a family support/child protection initiative linking trained volunteers with "vulnerable" first-time parents. Fifty-eight eligible and consenting families enrolled in the program and formed the intervention group. A further 35 eligible families consented to participate in the evaluation and received assessments only and formed the comparison group. No differences were evident between the intervention and comparison groups on parenting readiness. For the intervention group (n = 25), improvements occurred in seven aspects of family functioning (items on the Scale of Family Functioning) when contrasted to the comparison group (n = 24). Two areas of family functioning were found to be statistically significant: access to social support (p = 0.02) and age appropriate expectations of infants (p < 0.001). Participants reported satisfaction with the program, and the study emphasized the need to include all families, not just those at risk. This evaluation supports the continued development of volunteer-support programs and the active role that public health nurses play in the growth and development of children in our communities.
采用描述性比较设计来评估“小屋社区关怀试点项目”，这是一项家庭支持/儿童保护倡议，将经过培训的志愿者与“弱势”初为人父母者联系起来。58个符合条件并同意参与的家庭加入了该项目，组成了干预组。另有35个符合条件的家庭同意参与评估，仅接受评估，组成了对照组。干预组和对照组在育儿准备方面没有明显差异。与对照组（n = 24）相比，干预组（n = 25）在家庭功能的七个方面（家庭功能量表项目）有改善。发现家庭功能的两个领域具有统计学意义：获得社会支持（p = 0.02）和对婴儿的年龄适当期望（p < 0.001）。参与者对该项目表示满意，该研究强调需要纳入所有家庭，而不仅仅是那些有风险的家庭。该评估支持志愿者支持项目的持续发展以及公共卫生护士在我们社区儿童成长和发展中所发挥的积极作用。
