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Parent Line: Nurse Telephone Intervention for Parents and Caregivers of Children from Birth Through Age 5
Author(s) -
Moore Mary Lou,
Krowchuk Heidi
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.1997.tb00022.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , nursing , telephone counseling , medicine , population , pediatric nurse practitioner , psychology , family medicine , nurse practitioners , health care , environmental health , economic growth , economics
purpose . To describe the development and implementation of Parent Line, a program to improve the health and development status of children through periodic telephone contact by nurses. population . Low‐income parents of children from birth through age 5. conclusion . Telephone contact with a nurse, combined with peer counselor contact when no telephone is available, is welcomed by parents and can address needs in a timely way that might be unmet otherwise. Telephone intervention can provide social and emotional support, education, and advocacy for families. practice implications . The telephone can be of value to pediatric nurses in providing anticipatory guidance and health teaching, and be a support to parents throughout the preschool years.