Visiting Nurse Program – Minnesota

Young and pregnant, but not alone, By Maura Lerner, May 13, 2010, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: “At 17, Camia Carruthers is expecting her first child next week. But she’s not going it alone. She has the support of her parents, her boyfriend and Jeanne Kumlin, a nurse who makes weekly house calls. For years, the Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency has been sending nurses like Kumlin to check on pregnant teenagers throughout Hennepin County and offer nutritional advice, parenting tips, and even free cribs and clothing. Now, a new study shows those visits have paid off. The study, conducted by Wilder Research and released Wednesday, found that teenagers in the visiting nurse program were more likely to carry their babies to term, and give birth to healthy babies, than other pregnant teens in the Twin Cities…”