In six states (OK, WY, LA, CO, TX, and PA), this project will examine how the relationships among state legislative, regulatory, and local implementing agency accountability policies and procedures affect program implementation of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP). The study seeks to help improve participant retention in the NFP as well as help guide future efforts to implement the program as it is replicated in new sites. The investigators are conducting interviews with nurse consultants, online surveys, and quantitative analyses from the NFP Clinical Information System database to assess the degrees to which state and implementing agency policies and procedures predict participant retention in local program sites.
The study seeks to help improve participant retention in the NFP as well as help guide future efforts to implement the program as it is replicated in new sites.
