Welcome to the Health Visitor Service (Sundhedsplejen)

The Health Visitor Service (Sundhedsplejen) is a free service for you and your family provided by the City of Aarhus. 

The Health Visitor Service is automatically notified of your child's birth and you will be offered visits from a health visitor during your child's first year. 

She will follow your child's development and talk to you about the well-being and development of your child, what is important to you, and the services available to you as a new parent.

Each visit is approximately one hour and will take place on a weekday between 8.00 and 16.00.

The health visitor will visit you when your child is:

• no more than 5 days
• 2-3 weeks
• 2-3 months, where you will be offered a screening for postpartum depression
• approximately 6 months if you are a first-time parent. Phone call if you have given birth before.
• 9-10 months

In between visits, you are welcome to contact your health visitor by phone and to contact the on-call health visitor. 

If your family has special needs you can be assigned extra visits. 

If needed, you can receive visits from the health visitor up to 3 times per year after your child's first year. Read more about special offers.