nterventions will include individual one-on-one contact by:
home-visits;
telehealth (e.g. email, Skype but excluding telephone or SMS contact);
visits to a clinic (e.g. general, obstetric or paediatric practice, hospital or maternal/child health clinic);
that have been proactively organised by the health service rather than self-initiated by the mother and completed within four weeks of birth. A combination of the listed interventions may occur. Interventions will be compared with usual care. Contact to provide a metabolic screen for the infant, but no other care, will also be excluded. Interventions including antenatal or hospital components will be excluded unless the postpartum care segment is able to be analysed separately. We will not include 'telephone contact' in order to avoid overlapping with the Lavender 2013 review on this topic.
Only interventions delivered by a fully qualified health professional who provides maternal and/or infant care will be considered. The following health professionals may be utilised: