Longitudinal Follow Up of Subjects Enrolled in Randomized Trial of Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation

Longitudinal Follow Up of Subjects Enrolled in Randomized Trials of Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation

The Elmira follow-up study is designed to assess the extent to which prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses affects the life-course development of 19-year-old youth whose mothers received those services during pregnancy and the first two years of the child's life.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women prior to the 25th week of gestation

• no previous live births

• one of the following sociodemographic risk characteristics:

  • young age (< 19 years at registration);
  • unmarried
  • low socioeconomic status (Medicaid status or no private insurance)