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Table 3 Child growth and development outcomes in home visiting (HV) and standard care (SC) groups over time

From: Home visits by community health workers in rural South Africa have a limited, but important impact on maternal and child health in the first two years of life

 

Group

0

3

6

9

12

24

Low birth weight

SC

26%

–

–

–

–

–

HV

22%

–

–

–

–

–

Stunting (HAZ < -2 SD)

SC

7%

3%

7%

7%

7%

7%

HV

7%

4%

4%

6%

10%

9%

Severe low-weight for age (WAZ < -2 SD)

SC

11%

5%

7%

2%

4%

4%

HV

7%

3%

2%

5%

4%

2%

Wasting (WHZ < -2 SD)

SC

19%

10%

5%

4%

0%

3%

HV

16%

9%

4%

1%

3%

5%

Mean WHO development score (SD)

SC

–

–

1.20 (0.41)

1.98 (0.13)

1.94 (0.30)

1.98 (0.22)

HV

–

–

1.36 (0.50)

1.97 (0.17)

1.96 (0.19)

2.00 (0.00)