The effectiveness of domiciliary health visiting: a systematic review of international studies and a selective review of the British literature.

1 School of Nursing, Postgraduate Division, University of Nottingham, UK 2 Division of General Practice, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK 3 Evaluation,Audit and Research Department, Kings Mill Centre for Health Care Services, Sutton-in-Ashfield, UK 4 Emeritus professor, School of Nursing, Postgraduate Division, University of Nottingham, UK 5 Central Research, Pfizer Limited, Sandwich, UK 6 Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College School of Medicine, Northwick Park and St Mark’s Hospitals (North-West London Hospitals NHS Trust), Harrow, UK 7 Trent Institute for Health Services Research, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK 8 Cotgrave Health Centre, Nottingham Community Health NHS Trust, UK 9 Nottingham City Central Primary Care Group, UK

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