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Description
The aim of the project is to improve prevention and reduction of health inequalities in Elektrėnai municipality.
The task is to implement the Family Attendance Model for Early Intervention Services and provide those services implemented in that model.
Activities:
1. Implementation of the Family Attendance Model for Early Intervention Services in Elektrėnai municipality.
2. Provision of early intervention services during family visits in Elektrėnai municipality.
In Elektrėnai municipality, it is necessary to implement the Family Visiting Model for Early Intervention Services (hereinafter - the Model). The model will operate in several stages: selection of service providers, preparation of service providers, provision and of monitoring services.
The aim of this model implementation is to provide support and to improve the spread of information among pregnant young women, after childbirth and till their children are under the age of 2, by providing high quality services helping young mothers to make informed decisions about their childcare to ensure welfare of vulnerable mothers, infants and children under 2 years of age.
Services will be provided to 25 families.
Partner – Public Institution „Elektrėnai Primary Health Care Centre“: it will employ a family visiting specialist; coordinate the work of a family visiting specialist, provide the necessary information about his activities; publicize the Project on its website and in existing databases; provide the municipality with additional information necessary for the implementation of this Project; inform families about access to early intervention services; provide health care on the recommendation of a family visiting specialist.
Summary of project results
The aim of the project is to improve prevention and reduction of health inequalities in Elektrėnai municipality.
The task is to implement the Family Attendance Model for Early Intervention Services and provide those services implemented in that model.
Activities: 1. Implementation of the Family Attendance Model for Early Intervention Services in Elektrėnai municipality.
2. Provision of early intervention services during family visits in Elektrėnai municipality.
In Elektrėnai municipality, it is necessary to implement the Family Visiting Model for Early Intervention Services (hereinafter - the Model). The model will operate in several stages: selection of service providers, preparation of service providers, provision and of monitoring services.
The aim of this model implementation is to provide support and to improve the spread of information among pregnant young women, after childbirth and till their children are under the age of 2, by providing high quality services helping young mothers to make informed decisions about their childcare to ensure welfare of vulnerable mothers, infants and children under 2 years of age.
Services will be provided to 25 families.
Partner – Public Institution „Elektrėnai Primary Health Care Centre“: it will employ a family visiting specialist; coordinate the work of a family visiting specialist, provide the necessary information about his activities; publicize the Project on its website and in existing databases; provide the municipality with additional information necessary for the implementation of this Project; inform families about access to early intervention services; provide health care on the recommendation of a family visiting specialist.
The project provided support and improved information to expectant mothers during pregnancy, after childbirth and up to the age of 2 years. High-quality early intervention services were provided to help mothers make informed decisions about childcare to ensure the well-being of vulnerable mothers, infants and children up to 2 years of age.
For this purpose, the job position of Family Visitation Specialist was created. Using the "Nurse and Family Partnership" program, a model of providing family visits and early intervention services was developed and implemented in the Elektrėnai district municipality during the project.
Specialists of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences helped the Family Visitation specialist to acquire "soft" competences, allowing to provide primary preventive intervention to at-risk families throughout the project implementation period, and also advised him periodically during supervisions.
Project target groups: first-time pregnant young (under 21) and older (over 40) women living in a social risk environment and their children under 2 years old, other family members, community, society.
During the implementation of the project, more than 25 women who were pregnant and gave birth in the Elektrėnai district municipality were regularly visited. Partner – Public Institution „Elektrėnai Primary Health Care Centre“.
A car was purchased with the funds of the project, as well as tools and equipment needed to provide services.
Those families were provided with preventive assistance, they were constantly monitored and counselled. Women were taught how to take care of their health and hygiene, childcare, and how to live healthier. The state of health of the mother and baby or child, as well as the development of the child, were periodically assessed.