Program Origins
The Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program (ANFPP) is based on the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) model of home visiting developed by Professor David Olds in the USA over the last 30 years.
The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) model is an evidence-based community health program that helps transform the lives of vulnerable mothers pregnant with their first child. The NFP is one of a small number of social programs that has been assessed by the United States Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy as meeting ‘top tier’ evidence standard of effectiveness and it is the only program rated as ‘top tier’ in the early childhood category.
The NFP model involves Registered Nurses visiting first-time low-income mothers during pregnancy and for the first two years of the child’s life. As part of the program, each mother is partnered with a registered nurse during the early stages of her pregnancy and receives ongoing nurse home visits that continue through to her child’s second birthday. Informed by rigorous research, the program has developed over more than three decades.
The NFP model draws from three distinct behavioral theories: human ecology, self-efficacy and attachment. When applied to the program’s professional nursing framework, these theories produce a unique program of great depth, breadth and vitality.
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ANFPP National Support Service
Molly Wardaguga Research Centre | Charles Darwin University
Molly Wardaguga Research Centre | Charles Darwin University
Level 11, 410 Ann St | Brisbane QLD | 4000 Australia
email: info@anfpp.com.au
phone: +61 7 3169 4283 or 0448 570 503
phone: +61 7 3169 4283 or 0448 570 503
The Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program (ANFPP) National Support Service (NSS) acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and work. We pay respect to elders past and present. We further acknowledge that Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and communities are diverse and dynamic and continue to evolve and develop in response to historical and present social, economic, cultural and political circumstances.
Diversity includes gender, age, languages, backgrounds, sexual orientations, religious beliefs, family responsibilities, marriage status, life and work experiences, personality and educational levels (Commonwealth of Australia, 2013)