ArticleBMC public health2019
The British Columbia Healthy Connections Project: findings on socioeconomic disadvantage in early pregnancy.
Article in BMC public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01672060 (A Scientific Evaluation of the Nurse-Family Partnership), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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A Scientific Evaluation of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Program in British Columbia
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- Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Observational
- The psychometric properties of childhood physical and sexual abuse measures in two Canadian samples of youth and emerging adults.PloS one · 2025Article
- Staying Together No Matter What: Becoming Young Parents on the Streets of Vancouver.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2023Article
- A Comprehensive Review on Social Inequalities and Pregnancy Outcome-Identification of Relevant Pathways and Mechanisms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Infant Developmental Outcomes: Influence of Prenatal Maternal-Fetal Attachment, Adult Attachment, Maternal Well-Being, and Perinatal Loss.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Retaining participants in community-based health research: a case example on standardized planning and reporting.Trials · 2020Review
- Nurse-Family Partnership and Geography: An Intersectional Perspective.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
- Public Health Nurses' Professional Practices to Prevent, Recognize, and Respond to Suspected Child Maltreatment in Home Visiting: An Interpretive Descriptive Study.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal exposure to socioeconomic disadvantage increases the risk of child injuries and subsequent child developmental and mental health problems - particularly for young mothers. To inform early intervention planning, this research therefore aimed to describe the health and social adversities experienced by a cohort of girls and young women in early pregnancy in British Columbia (BC), Canada.
methodsParticipants were recruited for the BC Healthy Connections Project (BCHCP), a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of Nurse-Family Partnership, a home visitation program, in improving child and maternal outcomes. Baseline data were collected from 739 participants on trial entry. Participants were selected on the basis of preparing to parent for the first time and experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage. Analyses involved descriptive statistics and age-group comparisons.
resultsMost participants reported having low income (84%), having limited education (52%) and being single (91%) at trial entry. Beyond these eligibility criteria, other health and social adversities included: housing instability (52%); severe anxiety or depression (47%); other diagnosed mental disorders (22%); prenatal nicotine and cannabis use (27 and 21%); physical health problems (20%); child maltreatment when younger (56%); and intimate partner violence recently (50%). As well, few (29%) had received income assistance entitlements. More than two thirds (70%) were experiencing four or more forms of adversity. Age-group differences were observed for cognitive functioning, being single, low income, limited education, psychological distress and service use (p-value ≤0.05).
conclusionsThis cohort was selected on the basis of socioeconomic disadvantage. Yet all participants were experiencing substantial added adversities - at higher rates than other Canadians. Furthermore, despite Canada's public programs, these pregnant girls and young women were not being adequately reached by social services. Our study adds new data to inform early intervention planning, suggesting that unacceptably high levels of socioeconomic disadvantage exist for some young British Columbians. Therefore greater health and social supports and services are warranted for these young mothers and their children.
trial registrationRegistered August 24, 2012 with ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01672060 . Active not recruiting.
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