Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2016
Thirty-Six-Month Outcomes of a Generalist Paraprofessional Perinatal Home Visiting Intervention in South Africa on Maternal Health and Child Health and Development.
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03688217 (The Philani Mobile Video Intervention for Exclusive Breastfeeding), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Philani Mobile Video Intervention for Exclusive Breastfeeding (MOVIE) Study: a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial of a Mobile Video Entertainment-education Intervention to Promote Exclusive Breastfeeding in South Africa
Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of home care interventions on postpartum depression symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- How effective are community health workers in managing and preventing perinatal depression in sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review of quantitative evidence.Health policy and planning · 2026Pooled it
- Primary-level and community worker interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of well-being in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Integrating Depression and Alcohol Use Care Into Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of screening for perinatal depression and anxiety in community-based settings.Archives of women's mental health · 2022Pooled it
- Schedules for home visits in the early postpartum period.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Impact of maternal mental health interventions on child-related outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Relationship of perinatal outcomes to the competence and quantity of contact with community health workers.Journal of global health · 2025Trial
- Soccer and Vocational Training are Ineffective Delivery Strategies to Prevent HIV and Substance Abuse by Young, South African Men: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- Maternal depression, alcohol use, and transient effects of perinatal paraprofessional home visiting in South Africa: Eight-year follow-up of a cluster randomized controlled trial.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Trial
- Utilizing Soccer for Delivery of HIV and Substance Use Prevention for Young South African Men: 6-Month Outcomes of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- The effect of supervision on community health workers' effectiveness with households in rural South Africa: A cluster randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2023Trial
- Evaluation of a community-based mobile video breastfeeding intervention in Khayelitsha, South Africa: The Philani MOVIE cluster-randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2021Trial
- Effect of a home-visiting parenting program to promote early childhood development and prevent violence: a cluster-randomized trial in Rwanda.BMJ global health · 2021Trial
- Maternal HIV does not affect resiliency among uninfected/HIV exposed South African children from birth to 5 years of age.AIDS (London, England) · 2019Trial
- The association of maternal alcohol use and paraprofessional home visiting with children's health: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2019Trial
- The Philani MOVIE study: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a mobile video entertainment-education intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding in South Africa.BMC health services research · 2019Trial
- Replicating Evidence-Based Practices with Flexibility for Perinatal Home Visiting by Paraprofessionals.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Trial
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- Effectiveness of psychological interventions for reducing depressive symptoms among women experiencing perinatal depression: a systematic review.AJOG global reports · 2026Review
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Abstract
Almost all pregnant women (98 %) in 24 Cape Town neighborhoods were randomized by neighborhood to (1) the standard care (SC) condition (n = 12 neighborhoods; n = 594 pregnant women) or (2) the Philani Intervention Program (PIP) in which home visits by Community Health Workers (CHW) were conducted (n = 12 neighborhoods; n = 644 pregnant women). At 36 months post-birth (84.6 % follow-up), PIP mothers were significantly less depressed compared to the SC mothers. Children in PIP were significantly less likely to be stunted (24.3 vs 18.1 %, p = 0.013), to have better vocabularies, and were less likely to be hospitalized than children in the SC condition. These data suggest home visits may need to continue for several years post-birth. Sustainable, scalable perinatal intervention models are needed in LMIC.
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