Summary
This cost-effective program of home visitation by nurses, tested over the past 20 years, has the proven ability to reduce the development of antisocial behavior in childhood and later crime and delinquency. It has been effective in reducing three major categories of risk related to antisocial behavior: adverse maternal prenatal health-related behaviors; child abuse and neglect; and troubled maternal life course (unintended successive pregnancies, reduced work-force participation, welfare dependence, substance abuse, and criminal behavior).
| Previous | Contents | Next |
 |
|
| Prenatal and Early Childhood Nurse Home Visitation | |