ANFPP National Program Centre
Introduction to ANFPP
The Spirit of Wellbeing II ANFPP
Artist: Jane Kemarre Doolan
Title: ‘The Spirit of Wellbeing II’
About ANFPP
The ANFPP is an evidence based nurse home visiting program for mothers
who are pregnant with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander baby
Voluntary, over 2 years duration
Relationship based
Nurse Home Visitor supported by Indigenous FPW/ACW
The ANFPP is a partnership between implementing agencies, the ANFPP
National Program Centre and the Commonwealth Department of Health
to achieve:
Improved outcomes in pregnancy
Improved outcomes in child health and development
Improved parental life-course
The Five Client-Centred Principles
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Background to the ANFPP
Based on the NFP program from University of Colorado in the USA
Significant outcomes of the NFP RCT trials:
Increased birth weights
Reduced maternal smoking
Reduced childhood injuries/child abuse
Improved parental skills
The program is now established in 7 countries
Program Fidelity
Clients
Voluntary
Context of program actions
Intensive home visiting by a nurse
Qualities of nursing staff
Minimum training standards to become a Nurse
Home Visitor and Nurse Supervisor
Application of intervention
Use of nursing framework and program theories to
deliver program; caseload management
Reflection and clinical supervision
Reflective practice and field supervision
Program monitoring and use of data Data collection and use of CQI
Implementing Site characteristics
Strengths based philosophy; knowledge of
prevention models; committed to supporting
infrastructure for successful implementation
Australian Adaptation
Pregnant with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander baby
Additional team role - Indigenous Family Partnership Worker or Aboriginal
Community Worker (FPW/ACW)
May include multiparous women
Adapted materials to meet cultural context
ANFPP at a Glance
Development
Implement
ELEMENTS
Theories
SUPPORT
SERVICE
Objectives
Human Ecology
(Brofenbrenners
1979)
Self-Efficacy
(Bardura 1977)
Human Attachment
(Bowley’s 1969)
1. Improve
outcomes in
pregnancy
2. Improved
child’s health
and
development
3. Improve
parental life
course
RESEARCH
Workforce
Development
Outcomes
1.
2.
CQI
3.
Planning
4.
5.
Data M&E
6.
↑ Pre-natal health
↓ Child Health
Visit for injury
↑ Interval
between
pregnancies
↑ Participation in
mother
employment
↓ Family Reliance
on Welfare
↑ In Child School
Readiness
Program
Management
Review
Evaluate
Long Term
↓ Verified
Reports of Child
Abuse
↓ Arrests for
Juvenile
Offences
ANFPP National Program Centre
National Coordination of ANFPP - Maintain national coordination and linkages across all
stakeholders; national management of the Education Curriculum and Data Collection
System (DCS) to support program fidelity
Establishment and implementation of the program – support development of plans,
protocols/procedures; embedding of quality improvement processes; collaborate with
international societies; coordinate and monitor ANFPP material adaptation
Workforce Development – provide core education, support recruitment and retention of
team members, support professional development, support excellence in ANFPP practice
Monitoring and Evaluation - analysis of data and production of quarterly fidelity reports
and Annual National Data report; assist with establishing the M & E infrastructure
required to monitor the program
Local Implementation & Site Planning
Determining
Geographic
Reach
Defining Service
Partnerships
Establishing
Community
Reference Group
Establishing governance –
policies, procedures, line
management and
information management
procedures, including
required data entry and
reporting
ANFPP Program
Integration
Further Information
ANFPP National Program Centre
www.anfpp.com.au
Level 2, 5 Gardner Close Milton, QLD 4064
PO Box 1874 Milton QLD 4064
phone (07) 3114 4609
info@anfpp.com.au