Community health workers impact on maternal and child health outcomes in rural South Africa – a non-randomized two-group comparison study

Autor: Karl W. le Roux, Ellen Almirol, Panteha Hayati Rezvan, Ingrid M. le Roux, Nokwanele Mbewu, Elaine Dippenaar, Linnea Stansert-Katzen, Venetia Baker, Mark Tomlinson, M. J. Rotheram-Borus

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2020)

Abstract Background Home visits by paraprofessional community health workers (CHWs) has been shown to improve maternal and child health outcomes in research studies in many countries. Yet, when these are scaled or replicated, efficacy disappears. An

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/2b54cc648ed84e1ca91721c41b9e1d48

To evaluate if increased supervision and support of South African Government health workers’ home visits improves maternal and child outcomes: study protocol for a randomized control trial

Autor: Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Karl Le Roux, Ingrid M. Le Roux, Joan Christodoulou, Christina Laurenzi, Nokwanele Mbewu, Mark Tomlinson

Publikováno v: Trials, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)

Abstract Background Concurrent epidemics of HIV, depression, alcohol abuse, and partner violence threaten maternal and child health (MCH) in South Africa. Although home visiting has been repeatedly demonstrated efficacious in research evaluations, ef

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/d4b34b8370684ffab2289aeead0b452c

Evaluation of a community-based mobile video breastfeeding intervention in Khayelitsha, South Africa: The Philani MOVIE cluster-randomized controlled trial

Autor: Bongekile P. Mabaso, Nophiwe Job, Till Bärnighausen, Kira-Leigh Kuhnert, Aarti Porwal, Shannon A. McMahon, Pooja Suri, Nokwanele Mbewu, Jamie Johnston, Charles G. Prober, Mithilesh Dronavalli, Neliswa Mkunqwana, Ingrid M. le Roux, Jennifer Gates, Mark Tomlinson, Maya Adam, Alain Vandormael, Amnesty E LeFevre

Publikováno v: PLoS Medicine
PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 9, p e1003744 (2021)
Adam, M, Johnston, J, Job, N, Dronavalli, M, Le Roux, I, Mbewu, N, Mkunqwana, N, Tomlinson, M, McMahon, S A, LeFevre, A E, Vandormael, A, Kuhnert, K-L, Suri, P, Gates, J, Mabaso, B, Porwal, A, Prober, C, Bärnighausen, T & Bassat, Q (ed.) 2021, ' Evaluation of a community-based mobile video breastfeeding intervention in Khayelitsha, South Africa: The Philani MOVIE cluster-randomized controlled trial ', PLoS Medicine, vol. 18, no. 9, e1003744 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003744

Background In South Africa, breastfeeding promotion is a national health priority. Regular perinatal home visits by community health workers (CHWs) have helped promote exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in underresourced settings. Innovative, digital appr

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8478218

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

Autor: Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Mark Tomlinson, Ingrid M le Roux, Jessica M Harwood, Scott Comulada, Mary J O'Connor, Robert E Weiss, Carol M Worthman

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 10, p e105934 (2014)

BACKGROUND:Interventions are needed to reduce poor perinatal health. We trained community health workers (CHWs) as home visitors to address maternal/infant risks. METHODS:In a cluster randomised controlled trial in Cape Town townships, neighbourhoods

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/02c810a1cc8849449041970d51e2134d

Community health workers impact on maternal and child health outcomes in rural South Africa - a non-randomized two-group comparison study

Autor: Venetia Baker, Karl le Roux, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Mark Tomlinson, Ellen Almirol, Linnea Stansert-Katzen, Nokwanele Mbewu, Panteha Hayati Rezvan, Elaine Dippenaar, Ingrid M. le Roux

Publikováno v: BMC public health, vol 20, iss 1
BMC Public Health
Le Roux, K W, Almirol, E, Rezvan, P H, Le Roux, I M, Mbewu, N, Dippenaar, E, Stansert-Katzen, L, Baker, V, Tomlinson, M & Rotheram-Borus, M J 2020, ' Community health workers impact on maternal and child health outcomes in rural South Africa-a non-randomized two-group comparison study ', BMC Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1, 1404 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09468-w
BMC Public Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2020)

Background Home visits by paraprofessional community health workers (CHWs) has been shown to improve maternal and child health outcomes in research studies in many countries. Yet, when these are scaled or replicated, efficacy disappears. An effective

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::64c4b3b0795499109b1f88bb6d71bc84
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3856q2fz