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Ideal time for home visits to newborns: an integrative review

Anniely Rodrigues Soares1, Anna Tereza Alves Guedes2, Tarciane Marinho Albuquerque de Vasconcelos Cruz3

  • 1Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação Científica, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Campus I, Lot. Cidade Universitária. 58051-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. anniely_rodrigues@hotmail.com.

Ciencia & Saude Coletiva
|August 14, 2020
PubMed

Insights

The ideal time for newborn home visits (HVs) is within the first week, ideally the second day after birth. Barriers like geography and poor professional training hinder effective postnatal care.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Public Health
  • Maternal and Child Health

Background:

  • There is a lack of consensus on the optimal timing for newborn home visits (HVs).
  • Identifying challenges in implementing timely HVs is crucial for improving postnatal care.
  • Scientific literature on the ideal timing and barriers for newborn HVs needs synthesis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze scientific production on the ideal timing for newborn home visits (HVs) in the first week of life.
  • To identify and analyze difficulties in conducting HVs for newborns within their first week post-birth.

Main Methods:

  • Integrative literature review.
  • Searches conducted on MEDLINE, BVS, Web of Science, and PubMed databases.
  • Analysis of eight studies published between 2010 and 2015.

Main Results:

  • The ideal time for the first newborn home visit (HV) is within the first week, preferably by the second day postpartum.
  • Key impediments to HVs include geographical barriers, inadequate professional care quality, poor hospital discharge notification for mother-baby pairs, and mothers' insufficient awareness of postnatal care importance.

Conclusions:

  • Early postnatal home visits (HVs) are recommended, ideally within 48 hours of birth.
  • Addressing barriers requires investment in professional training and improved healthcare infrastructure to enhance the effectiveness of newborn home visits.

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