Public Health Nursing Practice, Research, and Education Program (PHN-PREP)

Working together with public health partners to advance public health nurses’ knowledge, skills, and agency to deliver services to pregnant individuals and families with young children enrolled in home visitation programs.

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NEW E-Learning Course

Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care for Public Health Nurse Home Visiting & Outreach
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Read about current HBHC program successes, practices, and processes

Managers and nurses from Ontario’s 34 public health units shared their experiences and reflections on implementing and delivering the HBHC program, and shared their recommendations

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Learn about the PHN-PREP process for developing guidance for nursing practice

Learn more about the PHN-PREP practice-informed guidance framework that we have adapted and are using to develop resources that can provide guidance to public health nursing visiting and outreach practices

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Learn about our Current Projects

Read about our work that has focused on understanding how home visiting teams in the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children (HBHC) and Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) programs in Ontario have provided services to pregnant individuals and families with young children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Read the PHN-PREP Blog

Check out our blog for up-to-date resources and featured nursing innovations.

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PHN-PREP develops, evaluates, and mobilizes evidence-informed resources to support public health nurses, supervisors, and home visiting program teams provide care and support individuals and families enrolled in home visitation programs. Our work is grounded in public health nursing practice to identify and respond to professional and program needs. All of our projects consist of purposeful collaborations between the PHN-PREP leadership team and policy, practice, education, and research partners, including the PHN-PREP advisory board and trainees.

Featured Projects

Public Health Nursing Practice, Research and Education Project

British Columbia Healthy Connections Project Process Evaluation (2013-2018)

Prevention, Early Identification and Early Intervention Home Visitation Program Models: Environmental Scan

Guidance Resources

Guidance to public health nurses delivering the visiting and outreach activities integral to the Healthy Babies Healthy Children (HBHC) and Nurse-Family Partnership® (NFP) programs in Ontario.

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Guidance Resources

Guidance to public health nurses delivering the visiting and outreach activities integral to the Healthy Babies Healthy Children (HBHC) and Nurse-Family Partnership® (NFP) programs in Ontario.

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