Home Visit Plans

Prenatal: 34 to 35 weeks (bi-weekly visits)

Parental Health  Collect Edinburgh Depression Inventory  Collect Interpersonal Support Inventory  Review normal prenatal health and wellness with Prenatal Health Checklist. Discuss any concerns related to mother’s health and wellness, encouraging her to contact her healthcare provider.  Ask mother for the date of her scheduled prenatal visit with her healthcare provider. If she is unable to provide the date, support her in making the appropriate appointment.

Parenting  Present as anticipatory guidance o Preparing the Siblings for the New Baby (if appropriate for family) o Preparing the Family Pet for the New Baby (if appropriate for family)  Present as anticipatory guidance o You and Your Pediatrician o Tub Bathing a Newborn o Circumcision: Information for Parents o Care of the Uncircumcised Penis  Promote breastfeeding as a feeding choice. For mothers who choose to breastfeed, present Ten Tips on How Dad Can Help with the Baby

Child Development  Present Parents As Teachers: Prenatal 3 o Discussion Points . Mother and father’s adjustment to pregnancy o Parent Handouts: . none o Activity: Touch Your Unborn Child  Present from Life Unto Life the appropriate pages for mother’s pregnancy and/or The Ninth Month Great Beginnings.

Personal & Environmental Safety  Discuss any concerns mother may have regarding her safety.

Social Supports  Collect Interpersonal Support Inventory  Collect Social Network Index Inventory  Discuss with mother the amount and quality of support she is receiving from her significant other, family and friends.

© 2010, Every Child Succeeds® Life Course Development  Collect Demographic Baseline Form  Discuss with mother the impact of pregnancy on her current activities surrounding work/school.  If mother has not yet graduated from high school or earned her GED, discussions should focus on motivating and supporting her in these activities.

Parent Handouts eECS Forms and Inventories Prenatal Health Checklist Edinburgh Depression Inventory You and Your Pediatrician Substance Use and Smoking Inventory (English and Spanish) Interpersonal Support Inventory Tub Bathing a Newborn Social Network Index Inventory Circumcision: Information for Demographic Baseline Form Parents(English and Spanish) Care of the Uncircumcised Penis Ten Tips on How Dad Can Help with the Baby Life Unto Life

HFA Great Beginnings Start Before Birth

Preparing the Siblings for the New Baby Preparing the Family Pet for the New Baby

Parents As Teachers Prenatal 3 Parent Handouts: None this visit Activity: Touch Your Unborn Child

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