Postnatal support for mothers living in disadvantaged inner city areas This study of 731 mothers from culturally diverse backgrounds evaluated two forms of postnatal social support: a year of monthly home visits by a support health visitor (SHV), or a year of support from community groups providing drop-in sessions, home visiting and/or telephone support (CGS).
Each was compared with a control group that received standard health visitor services. At 12 and 18 months SHV women had different patterns of health service use (with fewer taking their children to the GP) and had less anxious experiences of motherhood than control women. User satisfaction with the SHV intervention was high. Uptake of the CGS intervention was low: 19 per cent, compared with 94 per cent for the SHV intervention.
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