The impact of New Families home visiting program on first-time mothers’ quality of life and its association with social support: a non-randomized controlled study by Malene Brekke, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Kari Glavin, Amin Amro, Beate Solberg, Anne-Martha Utne Øygarden, Kristin Marie Sæther, Trude Haugland

“…Emotional and appraisal support seems beneficial for first-time mothers’ QoL and could be provided and facilitated by public health nurses. Trial registration clinicaltrial.gov NCT04162626.…”
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Implementing a Nurse-led HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Service (PrEP-RN) in a Public Health Unit STI Clinic by Lauren Orser, Patrick O'Byrne

“…Patients at highest risk for HIV acquisition were offered a referral to PrEP-RN through a provider-driven, active-offer process by public health nurses, and medication coverage was provided to uninsured patients to ensure equal access to PrEP services. …”
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Middle-aged and older people with urgent, unaware, and unmet mental health care needs: Practitioners’ viewpoints from outside the formal mental health care system by Akinori Takase, Yuki Matoba, Tsutomu Taga, Kae Ito, Tsuyoshi Okamura

“…The interviews were conducted by an interdisciplinary team, which comprised a psychiatrist, a public health nurse from a non-profit organization, and a Buddhist priest as well as a social researcher to cover the broader unmet health care needs, such as physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. …”
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Non‐clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section by Chen, Innie, Opiyo, Newton, Tavender, Emma, Mortazhejri, Sameh, Rader, Tamara, Petkovic, Jennifer, Yogasingam, Sharlini, Taljaard, Monica, Agarwal, Sugandha, Laopaiboon, Malinee, Wasiak, Jason, Khunpradit, Suthit, Lumbiganon, Pisake, Betran, Ana Pilar, Gruen, Russell Lindsay

“…Low‐certainty evidence suggests little or no difference in caesarean section rates between usual care and: psychoeducation; pelvic floor muscle training exercises with telephone follow‐up (versus pelvic floor muscle training without telephone follow‐up); intensive group therapy (cognitive behavioural therapy and childbirth psychotherapy); education of public health nurses on childbirth classes; role play (versus standard education using lectures); interactive decision aids (versus educational brochures); labourist model of obstetric care (versus traditional model of obstetric care). …”
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