Nicole Latham

University of the Sunshine Coast | USC

Background The Family Community-based Assistance Resourcing and Education Program (FCP) is a nurse home visiting program that was introduced in Queensland two decades ago to redress health inequalities for infants from families experiencing specific social stressors. Locally adapted versions of this home visiting program are still in use, but have...

Background: The Family CA.R.E. (Community-based Assistance Resourcing and Education) program was introduced in Queensland two decades ago. It aimed to redress health inequalities for infants from families experiencing specific social stressors. The program has been locally adapted over time and has not been evaluated against the original program....

Objectives To identify evidence underpinning key elements that contribute to best practice models for sustained child health home visiting for families with vulnerabilities in Australian settings. Background A comprehensive literature review conducted by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) in 2012 identified that evidenc...

Presentation to child health nurses provided an Introduction to the research project 'Perceptions of child health nurses on the targeted Family C.A.R.E. home visiting program for families with vulnerability'. The background of the FCP, the results of the scoping review on sustained home visiting programs. The results of the two phased case study, p...

Despite the wide use of home visiting programs used to support families with identified vulnerabilities, there is limited evidence to date of the effectiveness of the programs used within the participating hospital and health services in Queensland, Australia. One of these programs, the Family C.A.R.E program, was developed to target families with...