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Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2011

Philani Plus (+): a Mentor Mother community health worker home visiting program to improve maternal and infants' outcomes.

Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Ingrid M le Roux, Mark Tomlinson, Nokwanele Mbewu, W Scott Comulada, Karl le Roux, Jacqueline Stewart, Mary J O'Connor, Mary Hartley, Kate Desmond and 4 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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86citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 175 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Home Visiting and Antenatal Depression Affect the Quality of Mother and Child Interactions in South Africa.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mary Jane Rotheram-BorusUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. MRotheram@mednet.ucla.edu
Ingrid M le Roux
Mark Tomlinson
Nokwanele Mbewu
W Scott Comulada
Karl le Roux
Jacqueline Stewart
Mary J O'Connor
Mary Hartley
Kate Desmond
Erin Greco
Carol M Worthman
Faith Idemundia
Dallas Swendeman
University of California, Los Angeles · USEmory University · USStellenbosch University · ZA

Funding

UCLA Rapid, Relevant, Rigorous Implementation Science HubP30MH058107 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI RAPHAEL J LANDOVITZ · 1997 to 2026
$53.5M
Neighborhood Alcohol & HIV Prevention in South African TownshipsR01AA017104 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ROTHERAM-BORUS, MARY JANE · 2007 to 2011
$3.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS 1R01AA017104NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA017104NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH058107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pregnant mothers in South African townships face multiple health risks for themselves and their babies. Existing clinic-based services face barriers to access, utilization, and human resource capacities. Home visiting by community health workers (CHW) can mitigate such barriers. The Philani Plus (+) Intervention Program builds upon the original Philani CHW home-visiting intervention program for maternal and child nutrition by integrating content and activities to address HIV, alcohol, and mental health. Pregnant Mothers at Risk (MAR) for HIV, alcohol, and/or nutrition problems in 24 neighborhoods in townships in Cape Town, South Africa (n = 1,239) were randomly assigned by neighborhood to an intervention (Philani Plus (+), N = 12 neighborhoods; n = 645 MAR) or a standard-care control condition of neighborhood clinic-based services (N = 12 neighborhoods; n = 594 MAR). Positive peer deviant "Mentor Mother" CHWs are recruited from the township neighborhoods and trained to deliver four antenatal and four postnatal home visits that address HIV, alcohol, nutrition, depression, health care regimens for the family, caretaking and bonding, and securing government-provided child grants. The MAR and their babies are being monitored during pregnancy, 1 week post-birth, and 6 and 18 months later. Among the 1,239 MAR recruited: 26% were HIV-positive; 27% used alcohol during pregnancy; 17% previously had low-birthweight babies; 23% had at least one chronic condition (10% hypertension, 5% asthma, 2% diabetes); 93% had recent sexual partners with 10% known to be HIV+; and 17% had clinically significant prenatal depression and 42% had borderline depression. This paper presents the intervention protocol and baseline sample characteristics for the "Philani Plus (+)" CHW home-visiting intervention trial.

Indexed as

Community Health NursingHouse CallsMentorsAdultCase-Control StudiesChild Health ServicesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaternal Health ServicesPregnancyProgram DevelopmentSouth Africa

Identifiers

PMID21850488
PMCPMC3907085
OpenAlexW2119540373

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