"The Nurse-Family Partnership, for example, identifies first-time mothers, usually young and unmarried, by their 28th week of pregnancy and attaches a nurse to them through the child’s second birthday.
"Rhodes says during the 90-minute visits, the nurse and client cover personal health, maternal-infant bonding, baby health, the environment, community services and other issues. The evidence-based program uses easy-to-read literature and worksheets, age-appropriate books and toys, and actual modeling of positive interactions with a child.
"The Denver, Colo.-based program costs approximately $12,500 per woman over the three years of visits (in 2010 dollars), and has Congressional Top Tier Evidence standards, according to the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy...."
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