An effectiveness study of an integrated, community-based package for maternal, newborn, child and HIV care in South Africa: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tomlinson, Mark ^a   Doherty, Tanya ^b,c   Jackson, Debra ^b,c   Lawn, Joy E ^d   Ijumba, Petrida ^b   Colvin, Mark ^e   Nkonki, Lungiswa ^b   Daviaud, Emmanuelle ^b   Goga, Ameena ^b   Sanders, David ^c   Lombard, Carl ^b   Persson, Lars Åke ^f   Ndaba, Thoko ^b   Snetro, Gail ^d   Chopra, Mickey ^g  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e Maromi Health Research   (South Africa)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN PERIOD; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80055056705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-236     Document Type: Article

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