A cluster randomised controlled effectiveness trial evaluating perinatal home visiting among South African mothers/infants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^a   Tomlinson, Mark ^b   Le Roux, Ingrid M ^c   Harwood, Jessica M ^a   Comulada, Scott ^a   O'Connor, Mary J ^a   Weiss, Robert E ^e   Worthman, Carol M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Philani Maternal Child Health and Nutrition Project   (South Africa)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AFRICAN; WELLBEING; MOTHER; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA;

FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84908568839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105934     Document Type: Article

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