In 2001, P/PV was asked to oversee the statewide replication of the Nurse-Family Partnership in Pennsylvania -- one of the largest and most successful expansions of this well regarded home-visiting program, which has been found to produce substantial and enduring improvements in the health and well-being of low-income first-time parents and their children. Our experience in Pennsylvania has shown that the replication of evidence-based models can be an enormous challenge, even for highly defined and effective programs like Nurse-Family Partnership. Replication across many sites simultaneously, and by a common funder, is labor-intensive and comes with expectations of outcomes similar to those achieved in research trials. As a result, ensuring fidelity to the established program model, while allowing for local innovation, is paramount to success.
Using the Pennsylvania Nurse-Family Partnership experience as a case study, this report provides key lessons for policymakers and funders interested in bringing proven models to a statewide scale, including best practices for selecting implementing agencies; fostering a sense of community among geographically dispersed sites; monitoring program results to promote quality; and engaging local administrators and site leaders.
Title: Growing What Works: Lessons Learned from Pennsylvania's Nurse-Family Partnership Initiative
Publication date 2009-09-01
Publication Year 2009
Authors
Geri Summerville
, Jennifer Collins Stavrakos
, Laura E. Johnson
Copyright holder(s)
Public/Private Ventures
Geographical Focus
North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia County / Philadelphia
Keywords
nurse
, implementing agencies
, partnership
, program
, replication
Document type
CaseStudy
, Text
Language
English
URL: https://ppv.issuelab.org/resource/growing-what-works-lessons-learned-from-pennsylvania-s-nurse-family-partnership-initiative.html
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