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SUBMITTER: Tomlinson M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5111552 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research 20161101 8
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 l ...[more]