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

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 condi

SUBMITTER: Rotheram-Borus MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907085 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature