A cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visit program for adolescent mothers.

TitleA cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visit program for adolescent mothers.
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsAracena, Marcela, Mariane Krause, Carola Pérez, María Jesús Méndez, Loreto Salvatierra, Mauricio Soto, Tomás Pantoja, Sandra Navarro, Alejandra Salinas, Claudio Farah, and Carolina Altimir
PubMed ID19786514

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.

Title A cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visit program for adolescent mothers.
Publication Title J Health Psychol
Publication Type Journal Article
Published Year 2009
Authors M. Aracena; M. Krause; C. Pérez; M.Jesús Méndez; L. Salvatierra; M. Soto; T. Pantoja; S. Navarro; A. Salinas; C. Farah; C. Altimir
ISSN Number 1461-7277
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