Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW)^®

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Lutenbacher, M., Elkins, T., & Dietrich, M. S. (unpublished manuscript). Using community health workers to improve health outcomes in a sample of Hispanic women and their infants: Findings from a randomized clinical trial.

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Referred to resources (prenatal)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	35 weeks gestation	MIHOW vs. MEI, Tennessee, 2018-2020, full sample	105 mothers	Unadjusted proportion = 0.70	Unadjusted proportion = 0.14	Difference = 0.56	Study reported = 1.49	Statistically significant, p <.01	Author-reported effect size was calculated with Cohen's D.

Lutenbacher, M., Elkins, T., Dietrich, M. S., & Riggs, A. (2018). The efficacy of using peer mentors to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in Hispanic families: Findings from a randomized clinical trial. Maternal & Child Health Journal, 22(1), 92-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2532-z

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Referred to resources at 6 months postpartum	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 months postpartum	MIHOW vs. MEI, Davidson County, Tennessee, 2014-2016, full sample	178 mothers	Unadjusted proportion = 1.00	Unadjusted proportion = 0.28	Difference = 0.72	HomVEE calculated = 4.77	Statistically significant, p = 0.02	HomVEE calculated significance Submitted by nwu on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 18:31 Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations.

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Lutenbacher, M., Elkins, T., & Dietrich, M. S. (unpublished manuscript). Using community health workers to improve health outcomes in a sample of Hispanic women and their infants: Findings from a randomized clinical trial.

Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW)^®

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Referred to resources (postpartum)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	15 months postpartum	MIHOW vs. MEI, Tennessee, 2018-2020, full sample	110 mothers	Unadjusted proportion = 0.95	Unadjusted proportion = 0.25	Difference = 0.70	HomVEE calculated = 2.43	Statistically significant, p <.01	HomVEE calculated significance Submitted by nwu on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 18:31 Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations.

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