Essential Connections for Each and Every Newborn
3710 University Drive, Suite 310
Durham, NC
27707
| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Family Connects International posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
The earliest months of human life are foundational for later development — including social, emotional, and brain development — with the physical and mental health of the mother playing a critical role. Too many families of newborn infants have unmet needs that keep them from achieving successful outcomes for their children, and most communities are not organized in ways that identify and serve these families effectively.
Family Connects International offers an evidence-based model that combines engagement and alignment of community service providers with short-term nurse home visiting beginning in the first month after birth. The Family Connects model is designed to be delivered to all families with newborns, free-of-charge.
Through an ongoing randomized controlled trial evaluation, this model is proving to have a positive impact on increasing family connections to community agencies, improving the parent-child relationship, reducing incidence of postpartum anxiety, reducing the use of emergency health care, and reducing the number of investigations for suspected child maltreatment.
We work with a variety of communities, hospital systems and agencies across the country who want to implement this effective model at a local level. For more information about implementing Family Connects in your community, contact us at familyconnects@duke.edu.
