Task sharing of a psychological intervention for maternal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lund, Crick ^a   Schneider, Marguerite ^a   Davies, Thandi ^a   Nyatsanza, Memory ^a   Honikman, Simone ^a   Bhana, Arvin ^b   Bass, Judith ^c   Bolton, Paul ^c   Dewey, Michael ^d   Joska, John ^e   Kagee, Ashraf ^f   Myer, Landon ^a   Petersen, Inge ^b   Prince, Martin ^d   Stein, Dan J ^e,g   Thornicroft, Graham ^d   Tomlinson, Mark ^f   Alem, Atalay ^h   Susser, Ezra ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^h ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ Faculty of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^j NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Community health workers; Cost effectiveness; Counseling; Hamilton depression rating scale; Maternal depression; Randomized controlled trial; Task sharing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TASK SHARING;

EID: 84928795910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-457     Document Type: Article

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