Community health workers can improve child growth of antenatally-depressed, South African mothers: A cluster randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tomlinson, Mark ^a   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^b   Harwood, Jessica ^b   le Roux, Ingrid M ^c   O'Connor, Mary ^b   Worthman, Carol ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Infant growth; Maternal depression; South Africa; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOUTH AFRICAN; STUNTING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETIOLOGY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HOME VISIT; MALE; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COUNSELING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84960077383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0606-7     Document Type: Article

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