Home‐Visiting Support for New Mothers With Additional Vulnerabilities: A Qualitative Inquiry Identifying Barriers to Implementation.

Home‐visiting support has been cast as one of the most effective ways to reach new mothers with additional vulnerabilities and is instrumental in preventing adverse outcomes for mothers, children, and families. Whilst the body of empirical evidence for the efficacy of home‐visiting support is strong...

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Publicado en:Health & Social Care in the Community Vol. 2026; pp. 1 - 10
Autores principales: Tracey, Danielle, Nash, Simone, Burns, Elaine, Nivedita, Raut
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 4/29/2026
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          Tracey, Danielle
          Nash, Simone
          Burns, Elaine
          Nivedita, Raut
        affil: School of Education,, Western Sydney University,, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, westernsydney.edu.au
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          Home Visits
          Support, Psychosocial
          Mothers Psychosocial Factors
          Maternal Attitudes Evaluation
          Psychological Well-Being
          Postnatal Care
          Program Implementation Psychosocial Factors
          Community Programs
          Human
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Qualitative Studies
          Purposive Sample
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Content Analysis
          Thematic Analysis
          Australia
          Volunteer Workers
          Funding Source
          Shame
          Guilt
          Needs Assessment
          Maternal-Child Health
          Peer Group
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
      ab: Home‐visiting support has been cast as one of the most effective ways to reach new mothers with additional vulnerabilities and is instrumental in preventing adverse outcomes for mothers, children, and families. Whilst the body of empirical evidence for the efficacy of home‐visiting support is strong, less is known about barriers to successful implementation. In this qualitative study, we interviewed 47 adults with diverse experience of a home‐visiting service (22 mothers, 15 volunteers, 6 staff, 3 external professionals and one partner of a service user) to capture a comprehensive understanding of potential implementation barriers. Findings reveal that both individual and organisational factors may undermine implementation which could subsequently jeopardise the realisation of service benefits. Factors include limited availability of volunteers and coordinators, as well as poor volunteer‐mother fit, and shame and guilt felt by mothers. Recommendations for a tiered approach to strengthen implementation are provided.
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