A controlled trial of a community based mother-infant intervention in a South African peri-urban settlement

Conditions

Pregnancy Pregnancy and Childbirth Pregnancy

Barak Morgan, Robert Kumsta, Pasco Fearon, Dirk Moser, Sarah Skeen et al. (9 authors)

PLoS Medicine2017-02-2824 citations

10.1371/journal.pmed.1002237

Improving quality of mother-infant relationship and infant attachment in socioeconomically deprived community in South Africa: randomised controlled trial.

Cooper PJ, Tomlinson M, Swartz L, Landman M, Molteno C, Stein A, McPherson K, Murray L.

2009-04-14218 citations

10.1136/bmj.b974

Interventions

An index intervention is compared with no intervention. All pregnant women within a defined area of Khayelitsha will be randomised to a no treatment control group or the index intervention. The interv

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Pregnant women within a defined area of Khayelitsha, a peri-urban settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. The quality of the mother-infant relationship at 6 and 12 months (sensitivity, positive effect, intrusiveness) 2. Security of infant attachment at 18 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Maternal depression at 6 and 12 months postpartum	—

Countries

South Africa

Outcome results

None listed