Effect of women's groups and volunteer peer counselling on rates of mortality, morbidity, and health behaviours in mothers and children in rural Malawi...

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BreastfeedingMedicineCluster randomised controlled trialPsychological interventionSocioeconomic statusPeer supportDemographyRandomized controlled trialInfant mortalityPediatricsFamily medicinePopulationNursingEnvironmental health

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 381
Issue: 9879
Pages: 1721-1735
Citations: 206
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                                    Sonia Lewycka, 
                                
                                    Charles Mwansambo, 
                                
                                    Mikey Rosato
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Effect of women's groups and volunteer peer counselling on rates of mortality, morbidity, and health behaviours in mothers and children in rural Malawi (MaiMwana): a factorial, cluster-randomised controlled trial. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 381
                            (9879)
                            , 1721-1735.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61959-x
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61959-x