Family Health Program
Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency (MVNA) provides family-centered and community-based public health nursing services to clients from diverse racial, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Public Health Nurses (PHNs) work with families in their homes and other community settings. In coordination with health care providers and local community agencies, PHNs help:
- Promote healthy birth outcomes and positive parent-infant relationships
- Encourage healthy growth and development for infants and young children
- Prevent complications of illness and chronic disease conditions
- Promote healthy and safe environments
- Encourage family self-sufficiency, school attendance and use of community resources
In-Home Family Services
MVNA's in-home Family Health services include:
- Assessment of health status, home safety and risk factors for abuse, depression, barriers to self sufficiency and use of community resources
- Health teaching and counceling related to pregnancy, birth, child growth and development, healthy lifestyle behaviors adn personal safety. Multiple teaching methods are used including written information, audiovisual materials, role modeling and hands-on experience.
- Linking with community resources. Clients are referred to and assisted with making connections with agencies such as WIC, MFIP, schools, Early Childhood Family Education, Follow Along, Child and Teen Checkups, 348-TOTS, Way to Grow and HUG.
Family Health Programs
Postpartum and Newborn Home Visiting
- Skilled nursing assessments of newborn and newly-delivered mother
Teen Parent Program
- Pregnancy teaching and support
- Long term home visiting to promote positive parenting and long term self-sufficiency
Pregnancy Support Program
- Assessment, teaching and support for high-risk pregnant women
Therapeutic and Ill Child Program
- NBICU Follow-Up - Nursing services for infants discharged from the NBICU
- Synergis Administration - In-home service for qualified children
- Pediatric Asthma - Disease management, health promotion and teaching
- Lead Poisoned Children - Assessment and teaching for children with elevated lead levels
- Chronically Ill Children and Children wiht Special Needs - Skilled nursing assessments, teaching and family support.
Family Health Aide Services
- Services provided under the direction of the PHN to assist with resource referral, parenting support and learning to become self-sufficient
Specialized Contract Programs
- Child and Teen Checkups - In home service for qualified families
- Emergency room Reduction - Services to teach qualified families how to access Medical care for non-emergency needs.
- Choices Disease Management - Nursing assessments and teaching for qualified individuals with complex medical and psycho-social needs.
Referral Information
To receive MVNA Family Healh services, clients must be low income. There is no charge to the client of referral source for Family Health services.
If you hanve identified someone who could benefit from the services offered by MVNA, please call our Intake office at 612-617-4700 or fax a referral from to 612-331-5348.
