Addressing maternal and child health equity through a community health worker home visiting intervention to reduce low birth weight: retrospective quasi-experimental study of the Arizona Health Start Programme.
Samantha SaboPatrick WightmanKelly McCueMatthew ButlerVern PillingDulce J JiménezMartín CelayaSara RumannPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
A state health department-operated MCH home visiting intervention that employs CHWs as the primary interventionist may contribute to the reduction of LBW, VLBW, ELBW and PTB and could improve birth outcomes statewide, especially among women and children at increased risk for MCH inequity.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- low birth weight
- public health
- randomized controlled trial
- preterm infants
- pregnancy outcomes
- mental health
- preterm birth
- human milk
- health information
- young adults
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- health promotion
- pregnant women
- gestational age
- birth weight
- clinical trial
- global health
- human health
- climate change
- weight loss
- cervical cancer screening
- double blind
- glycemic control