Prevention Research Center - Program Augmentations
Replication Research and New Preventive Intervention Research
The PRC continues to strengthen the NFP model in community practice through the following initiatives, identified and prioritized based on feedback from nurses in the field:
| Current Research Agenda | Goals |
| Client Engagement & Retention | To enhance strategies for stronger client engagement, greater participation and dose of the intervention (i.e., graduation). |
| *Intimate Partner Violence | To develop stronger protocols and intervention strategies for women in persistent danger of victimization from interpersonal violence. |
| Parenting: Newborns & Infants | To develop tools to enhance assessments and interventions targeted at strengthening competent parenting. |
| Group-based Care | To develop a new model of group based care addressing the medical and psychosocial needs of pregnant women as well as their children and families. |
| Risk Classification | To develop a framework for nurses and supervisors to classify risk status and strengths of families served to help guide program delivery. |
| *Hormonal Contraception Study | To develop and study an intervention that increases the impact NFP has on conception rates during the first two years postpartum by having NFP nurses provide hormonal contraception to clients during home visits. |
| *Mental Health | To expand mental health screening and strengthen nurse intervention strategies for clients with depression and anxiety. |
*Research conducted with collaborators.
If you are interested in learning more about our research activities, please contact FamilyChildPRC@cuanschutz.edu
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