A cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visit program for adolescent mothers
Abstract
A home visit intervention program for adolescents throughout their pregnancy and during the early stages of motherhood was evaluated. The participants (N = 90) were part of a larger group of adolescents treated in two health centers in a poor neighborhood in Santiago, Chile. The program was carried out by volunteer community health monitors and evaluated through an experimental, randomized, controlled clinical trial. Cost-effectiveness was examined in comparison with standard health care. Results show higher scores for the intervention group on the mothers' mental health and nutritional state, as well as on the children's levels of linguistic development. © 2009 SAGE.
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Título según WOS: | A cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visit program for adolescent mothers |
Título según SCOPUS: | A cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visit program for adolescent mothers |
Título de la Revista: | JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
Volumen: | 14 |
Número: | 7 |
Editorial: | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
Página de inicio: | 878 |
Página final: | 887 |
Idioma: | English |
URL: | http://hpq.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/1359105309340988 |
DOI: |
10.1177/1359105309340988 |
Notas: | ISI, SCOPUS |