“Familie for første gang” Norwegian Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Pilot : final Report on a Four-Year Real-Time Evaluation
Eirin Pedersen
Bok · Engelsk · 2020
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| Opplysninger | The Work Research Institute (AFI) at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, conducted a four-yearreal-time evaluation (2016-2019) of the implementation of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) programme inNorway. In Norwegian, the programme is entitled “Familie for første gang” (Family for the First Time). NFP is ahome visiting programme in which specially trained nurses visit at-risk first-time mothers-to-be from pregnancyuntil the child is two years old. The programme is being piloted in Norway from spring 2016 until mid-2021. Theevaluation was commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir). Theaim of the evaluation is to assess the feasibility of implementing NFP in a Norwegian context; the extent to whichimplementation can be accomplished in line with the original (international) programme’s criteria; and to assessany benefits from the programme.The analyses are based on interviews with participants, nurses, collaborators and local authority representatives,as well as quantitative data collected by the nurses, including data on the participants' education, work and age,involvement, mental health, sense of mastery, loneliness, partner status and violence.The findings indicate that NFP has been largely implemented as planned in Norway, and that adaptations withrespect to recruitment, target population and collaboration with surrounding systems appear to be successful. Theprogramme reaches out to a vulnerable target population that is otherwise challenging to assist, and which maybe difficult to reach by means of other interventions. NFP is suitable for adaptation to diverse needs and canembrace families with diverse and complex challenges. The number of included families indicates that the targetpopulation in Norway is larger than originally estimated. The programme is adaptable and can successfullyinteract with other services. However, NFP will not be adaptable as a locally developed service, and NFPexcludes pregnant mothers who already have a child/children.The real-time evaluation concludes that there is a need for and high acceptance of a high-intensity programmesuch as NFP in Norway. The programme offers close and structured guidance for vulnerable families who needextra support in a challenging life phase. No corresponding service exists in local authority services in Norway forthis target population. Although the data material does not permit effectiveness to be measured, the real-timeevaluation finds that this intervention is probably capable of preventing child neglect and children being taken intocare. In this way, an early intervention in the form of NFP might prevent problems for vulnerable families later inlife.
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| ISBN | 9788276094152
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