A cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of peer mentors to support South African women living with HIV and their infants.

We evaluate the effect of clinic-based support by HIV-positive Peer Mentors, in addition to standard clinic care, on maternal and infant well-being among Women Living with HIV (WLH) from pregnancy through the infant's first year of life.In a cluster randomized controlled trial in KwaZulu-Natal,...

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Main Authors: Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Linda M Richter, Alastair van Heerden, Heidi van Rooyen, Mark Tomlinson, Jessica M Harwood, W Scott Comulada, Alan Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3898948?pdf=render