§ 35-27-103 — Program evaluation and statistical information

Wyoming § 35-27-103

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 27: PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES INFANT HOME VISITATION

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(a) It shall be the goal of the program in each county to
provide appropriate nursing contact to all eligible women. The
department shall statistically track, in order to provide
trending reports as needed, the number of known eligible births,
the number receiving appropriate contacts, the number of women
needing follow-up services and the number who did not receive
follow-up services broken down by cause as follows:
(i) The number who refused service;
(ii) The number who did not receive follow-up
services due to lack of resources;
(iii) The number who did not receive services for
other reasons, which reasons may be specified to the extent
useful.
(b) If the report required under subsection (a) of this
section shows that appropriate contacts were not made for
ninety-five percent (95%) of the eligible births, or less than
seventy-five percent (75%) of the women needing follow-up
services received them, the department shall provide a written
explanation of the reasons why the goals and objectives of the
program under this section were not met.
(c) The department shall collect statistics to the extent
practical to permit evaluation of the success of the program in
achieving the reduction:
(i) In abuse of the infants;
(ii) Of subsequent out of wedlock pregnancies by the
visited mothers;
(iii) In problems resulting from substance abuse;
(iv) In number of arrests among mothers under the
program;
(v) In the use of tobacco products by mothers under
the program;
(vi) In violent and anti-social behavior by infants
under the program once they reach adolescence and young
adulthood, as measured by arrests and convictions.