Trial reportJournal of epidemiology and community health2005
Postnatal support for mothers living in disadvantaged inner city areas: a randomised controlled trial.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Targeted health and social care interventions for women and infants who are disproportionately impacted by health inequalities in high-income countries: a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2023Pooled it
- Do health education initiatives assist socioeconomically disadvantaged populations? A systematic review and meta-analyses.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- The effectiveness of interventions during the first 1,000 days to improve energy balance-related behaviors or prevent overweight/obesity in children from socio-economically disadvantaged families of high-income countries: a systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023Pooled it
- Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Listening Visits for maternal depression: a meta-analysis.Archives of women's mental health · 2021Pooled it
- Could Postnatal Women's Groups Be Used to Improve Outcomes for Mothers and Children in High-Income Countries? A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2018Pooled it
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- Family and carer smoking control programmes for reducing children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Community-based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Psychosocial and psychological interventions for preventing postpartum depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Theory! The missing link in understanding the performance of neonate/infant home-visiting programs to prevent child maltreatment: a systematic review.The Milbank quarterly · 2012Pooled it
- Investing in mental health and well-being: findings from the DataPrev project.Health promotion international · 2011Pooled it
- Peer support telephone calls for improving health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2008Pooled it
- Community-Based Initiatives to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health in High-Income Settings: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Journal of midwifery & women's healthPooled it
- Perinatal Dyadic Psychotherapy for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled pilot trial.Archives of women's mental health · 2015Trial
- Peer-mentoring for first-time mothers from areas of socio-economic disadvantage: a qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2008Trial
- Systematic review of interventions to reduce ethnic health inequalities in maternal and perinatal health in the UK.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Characterization of Social Risk Factors Among Newborns Seen at an Urban Pediatric Primary Care Predictive of Appointment Nonattendance During the First 6 Months of Life.Health equity · 2022Article
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Abstract
STUDY
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of two forms of postnatal social support for disadvantaged inner city mothers on maternal and child health outcomes.
designRandomised controlled trial with economic and process evaluations and follow up at 12 and 18 months. The two intervention groups received either the offer of a year of monthly supportive listening home visits by a support health visitor (SHV), or a year of support from community groups providing drop in sessions, home visiting and/or telephone support (CGS). Each was compared with a control group that received standard health visitor services.
settingTwo disadvantaged boroughs of London, United Kingdom.
participants731 women from culturally diverse backgrounds with infants. MAIN
resultsAt 12 and 18 months, there was little impact for either intervention on the main outcomes: child injury (SHV: relative risk 0.99; 95% confidence intervals 0.68 to 1.45, CGS: 0.91; 0.61 to1.36), maternal smoking (SHV: 0.86; 0.62 to 1.19, CGS: 0.97; 0.72 to 1.33) or maternal depression (SHV: 0.86; 0.62 to1.19, CGS: 0.93; 0.69 to 1.27). SHV women had different patterns of health service use (with fewer taking their children to the GP) and had less anxious experiences of motherhood than control women. User satisfaction with the SHV intervention was high. Uptake of the CGS intervention was low: 19%, compared with 94% for the SHV intervention.
conclusionsThere was no evidence of impact on the primary outcomes of either intervention among this culturally diverse population. The SHV intervention was associated with improvement in some of the secondary outcomes.
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