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Dropping Out of Maternal and Child Home Visits
Author(s) -
Josten La Vohn E.,
Savik Kay,
Anderson Melea R.,
Benedetto Lisa L.,
Chabot Corinne R.,
Gifford Melody J.,
McEiver Judy,
Schorn Mary A.,
Frederickson Bonnie
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.d19002.x
Subject(s) - nursing , payment , medicine , public health nursing , conscientiousness , public health , mental health , family medicine , psychology , personality , psychiatry , social psychology , big five personality traits , world wide web , computer science , extraversion and introversion
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between nurse and client characteristics and the reason for client termination from public health nursing maternal and child home visits. The results indicate that clients who dropped out of services received more contacts from the nurses, missed more appointments with the nurses, and were given advice from the nurses on more topics. They also differed from clients who continued with services until the nursing care plan goals were met in reference to marital status, mental illness, source of payment for services, and use of WIC and food stamps. Nurses whose clients were more likely to continue until goals were met were higher in conscientiousness, learned more from experience, and learned less from coworkers or learning on their own. They also worked more hours per week. These findings have implications for practice and research.