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. 2015 Oct 5;2:2333393615607840. doi: 10.1177/2333393615607840

Table 1.

Examples of Key Roles and Responsibilities of HBHC Program Staff.

HBHC Program Role Examples of Key Roles and Responsibilities
HBHC program managers Facilitate and coordinate HBHC programs in public health units.
Manage resources, staff, and budgets.
Participate in and collaborate with committees on family and reproductive health.
Public health nurses Provide skills assessment to confirm risk of clients.
Work with community partners to provide access to program and related information.
Work collaboratively with the blended home visiting team and community partners to identify and negotiate family goals and update the family service plan.
Identify the need for additional resources and supports, facilitate linkages to meet these needs over time.
Family home visitors Support and facilitate parent-report-based screening.
Support public health nurse assessment through observation of child and family needs and family interactions.
Use role modeling to support skill and knowledge development during blended home visiting.
Review and reinforce family goals.
Assist families to access services.
Screening liaison nurses Provide education and training related to population health, screening, health impacts of the early years, and risk factors to child development to community partners.
Develop tools to support identification or quality completion of HBHC Screens.
Create partnerships and collaboration to improve identification or HBHC Screen completion.
Provide support for additional screening opportunities.
Data administrators Perform data entry
Generate reports using HBHC administrative database for monitoring purposes

Note. HBHC = Healthy Babies Healthy Children.