Philani Plus (+): A Mentor Mother Community Health Worker Home Visiting Program to Improve Maternal and Infants' Outcomes

Prevention Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 372-388

  Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^a,e   le Roux, Ingrid M ^b   Tomlinson, Mark ^c   Mbewu, Nokwanele ^b   Comulada, W Scott ^a   le Roux, Karl ^b   Stewart, Jacqueline ^b   O'Connor, Mary J ^a   Hartley, Mary ^b   Desmond, Kate ^a   Greco, Erin ^a   Worthman, Carol M ^d   Idemundia, Faith ^a   Swendeman, Dallas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Philani Child Health and Nutrition Project   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Community health workers (CHW); HIV; Home visiting; Maternal child health; Nutrition; Paraprofessionals; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTORS; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 81255127395     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-011-0238-1     Document Type: Article

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