The right@home nurse home visiting program (right@home)
right@home is a multi-state nurse home visiting (NHV) randomised controlled trial designed to promote family wellbeing and child development. 722 pregnant women experiencing adversity (≥2 of 10 social risk factors) were recruited between 2013 and 2014 from public maternity hospitals in the states of Victoria and Tasmania (Australia). Participants and their children were followed from pregnancy until children turn 6 years of age, including their first year of school.
right@home aims to investigate the effectiveness of the NHV program in improving parent care of and responsivity to the child, and the home learning environment; and longer-term effects on child physical and mental health and language development and maternal parenting and mental health.
Study Summary | |
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Study name | The right@home nurse home visiting program |
Study abbreviation | right@home |
Current principal investigator/s |
Sharon Goldfeld Lynn Kemp Anna Price Fiona Mensah Lisa Gold Penny Dakin |
Current project manager |
Maureen Makama |
Primary Institution/s |
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute - MCRI |
Collaborating Institution/s |
Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth - ARACY Western Sydney University |
Major funding source/s |
National Health and Medical Research Council - NHMRC Victorian State Government Tasmanian State Government The Ian Potter Foundation Sabemo Trust Sidney Myer Fund Vincent Fairfax Family fund |
Study website | http://www.rch.org.au/ccch/research-projects/right-at-home/ |
Key reference for study | Goldfeld, S., Price, A., Bryson, H., Bruce, T., Mensah, F., Orsini, F., Gold, L., Hiscock, H., Smith, C., Bishop, L., Jackson, D. and Kemp, L. (2017). ‘right@home’: a randomised controlled trial of sustained nurse home visiting from pregnancy to child age 2 years, versus usual care, to improve parent care, parent responsivity and the home learning environment at 2 years. BMJ Open, 7(3): e013307. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013307 |
Study focus |
To investigate the effectiveness of a nurse home visiting program in improving parent care of and responsivity to the child, and the home learning environment, to promote family wellbeing and child development. |
Sampling frame |
Participants were recruited from the public maternity hospitals servicing four local government areas (councils) in Victoria (Ballarat, Dandenong, Frankston, Whittlesea) and three regions in Tasmania (South, North, North West). Eligible participants were pregnant women attending the antenatal clinics from May 2013 to August 2014 that had expected due dates before 1 October 2014, were less than 37 weeks gestation, had two or more of 10 risk factors identified by risk factor screening, and had home addresses within the travel boundaries specified by the local councils/regions managing the intervention nurses. |
Primary study type | Randomised Control Trial / Other trial |
Year commenced |
2013 |
Is this study ongoing? | Yes - the study is ongoing |
Ongoing recruitment? | No |
Sample size (N) |
5586 mothers were screened and 736 enrolled; 722 families at randomisation, 363 intervention and 359 controls |
Survey data available? | Yes |
Imaging data available? | No |
Linkage to administrative dataset/s? | Yes, linkage to (at least one) administrative dataset underway |
Biosamples available? | Yes |
Are data available to others outside study team, with appropriate safeguards and structures in line with the cohort’s ethics and governance processes? | Yes |
Are there any costs associated with data/sample access for approved requests? | There are usually no costs associated with access |
Broadest type of participant consent available |
Extended consent (can be used for future ethically approved research related to this project) |
Phase | Year | Age | Sample size (N) |
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Antenatal screening | 2013-2014 | < 37 weeks gestation | |
Antenatal enrolment and Baseline | 2013-2014 | < 37 weeks gestation | |
Randomisation | 2013-2014 | < 37 weeks gestation | |
6 week follow-up | 2013-2014 | 6 weeks | |
6 month follow-up | 2013-2014 | 6 months | |
1 year follow-up | 2014-2015 | 1 years | |
18 month follow-up | 2014-2016 | 18 months | |
2 year follow-up | 2015-2016 | 2 years | |
End Phase 1 | 2015-2016 | 2 years | |
2.5 year follow-up | 2015-2017 | 2.5 years | |
3 year follow-up | 2016-2017 | 3 years | |
3.5 follow-up | 2016-2018 | 3.5 years | |
4 year follow-up | 2017-2018 | 4 years | |
4.5 year follow-up | 2017-2019 | 4.5 years | |
5 year follow-up | 2018-2019 | 5 years | |
5.5 year follow-up | 2018-2020 | 5.5 years | |
First year of school follow-up | 2019-2021 | 5-6 years | |
6 year follow-up | 2019-2020 | 6 years | |
COVID-19 Supplement | 2020 | 6-7 years | |
End Phase 2 | 2021 | 6-7 years |
Study Contacts | |
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Principal investigator/s |
Sharon Goldfeld Lynn Kemp Anna Price Fiona Mensah Lisa Gold Penny Dakin |
Project manager |
Maureen Makama |
Study Contact |
Phone: +613 9345 6355 |