Trial reportHealth affairs (Project Hope)2017
Mentor Mothers Program Improved Child Health Outcomes At A Relatively Low Cost In South Africa.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and treatment of wasting in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Measurement of benefits in economic evaluations of nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Economic Evaluations of Child Nutrition Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Quality Appraisal.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Caregiver burden experienced by mothers of infants who are HIV exposed uninfected compared to infants HIV unexposed: A prospective cohort study in Worcester, South Africa.Journal of tropical pediatrics · 2026Article
- Costs and cost-effectiveness of community health worker programs on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries (2015-2024): A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Community-Based Adaptation and Evaluation of a Peer-Led Intervention to Address Alcohol Use and HIV in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in South Africa: Protocol for the "Mentor Mothers Plus" Randomized Control Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Dyadic Care Interventions and Outcomes for Mothers and Their Infants: A Scoping Review.Pediatrics · 2025Article
- Costs and cost-effectiveness of treatment setting for children with wasting, oedema and growth failure/faltering: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Influence of Maternal Childhood Trauma on Perinatal Depression, Observed Mother-Infant Interactions, and Child Growth.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Acceptability of an Intervention to Promote Viral Suppression and Serostatus Disclosure for Men Living with HIV in South Africa: Qualitative Findings.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Experiences, perceptions and potential impact of community-based mentor mothers supporting pregnant and postpartum women with HIV in Kenya: a mixed-methods study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Article
- Health care providers' perceptions of barriers to perinatal mental healthcare in South Africa.BMC public health · 2021Article
- The distinctive roles of urban community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of the literature.Health policy and planning · 2020Article
- "They do not see us as one of them": a qualitative exploration of mentor mothers' working relationships with healthcare workers in rural North-Central Nigeria.Human resources for health · 2018Article
- Psychosocial Impact and Coping Strategies by Mentor Mothers Engaged in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Services in Taraba State, Nigeria: A Qualitative Study.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
In light of South Africa's high prenatal HIV prevalence and infant mortality rate, a cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate an intervention called Philani+, which used community health workers (known as Mentor Mothers) to deliver pre- and postnatal home visits in Cape Town, South Africa, to improve maternal and child health. We assessed the costs and benefits of this intervention and made comparisons with other scenarios that depicted increased capacity and provision of nurse-delivered care. The recurrent cost of the twenty-four-month intervention was US$80,001. The major health outcomes analyzed were differences in the proportion of infants who were low birthweight, stunted, and suboptimally breastfed between intervention and control groups. Each case of low birthweight averted cost US$2,397; of stunted growth, US$2,454; and of suboptimal breastfeeding, US$1,618. Employment of community health workers was cost saving compared to that of nurses. Philani+ improved child health at a relatively low cost, considering the health system costs associated with low birthweight and undernutrition. The model could be suitable for replication in low-resource settings to improve child health in other countries.
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