Nurse-Family Partnership Program: Breastfeeding and Immunization

This report analyzes the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program, focusing on its impact on breastfeeding and immunization outcomes among low-income, first-time mothers. The study compares NFP client data with national surveys, revealing that NFP clients are more likely to ever breastfeed and maintain breastfeeding at 6 and 12 months, though less likely to exclusively breastfeed at 6 months. The report highlights the significance of the NFP program in providing care and support to mothers, promoting healthy early childhood development, and increasing awareness of immunization. The analysis also considers demographic factors, such as ethnicity, education, and marital status, and their influence on breastfeeding and immunization practices. Furthermore, the comparison of different data collection methods (longitudinal vs. cross-sectional) and the potential impact of secular trends are discussed.

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LITERATURE 2
Literature
According to Thorland, Currie, Wiegand, Walsh & Mader, (2017), NFP is a program that serves
low income clients giving birth for the first time by ensuring a healthy early childhood
development. The article by Thorland et al. (2017) gives a description of outcomes between
immunization and breastfeeding in large samples of NFP. From the article, one can learn the
following points.
1. The NFP program is very important because it helps mothers in receiving the care and
support they may require to experience a healthy pregnancy and provide quality and safe
care for their young children.
2. Breastfeeding ensures that children have a healthy development whereas immunization
helps in reducing the risks of communicable diseases.
3. Clients under the NFP are more aware of their children’s immunization status as
compared to the general population.
4. NFP program is majorly used by Hispanics, less educated mothers, teen parents, and
unmarried women.
5. Parents in NFP have a higher likelihood of breastfeeding their infants and maintaining the
breastfeeding at 6 and 12 months.
6. NFP clients are less likely to exclusively engage in breastfeeding their children at 6
months.
7. From the article we also notice that there were more beneficial outcomes for
immunization and breastfeeding for NFP mothers as compared to other mothers having
demographically similar profiles.

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8. The NFP immunization cohort is normally made up of Hispanics, teens, black Non-
Hispanics, lowly educated women, and unmarried mothers. This could be due to the
increased awareness and sensitization about immunization that is done for the NFP
clients.
9. Comparison of the trajectories of immunization and breastfeeding cannot be compared
when NFP data are longitudinal while survey data are cross-sectional.
10. Secular time trends in immunization and breastfeeding may slightly affect results in the
study of child immunization and breastfeeding.

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Reference
Thorland, W., Currie, D., Wiegand, E. R., Walsh, J., & Mader, N. (2017). Status of
Breastfeeding and Child Immunization Outcomes in Clients of the Nurse–Family
Partnership. Maternal and child health journal, 21(3), 439-445.