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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2010 Aug;21(3 Suppl):119-31.
doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0355.

Familias Sanas: an intervention designed to increase rates of postpartum visits among Latinas

Flavio F Marsiglia  1 , Monica Bermudez-Parsai, Dean Coonrod
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Familias Sanas: an intervention designed to increase rates of postpartum visits among Latinas

Flavio F Marsiglia et al. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

Familias Sanas (Healthy Families) is an educational intervention implemented and tested with low-income, immigrant Latina mothers. The program was designed to reduce existing health disadvantages of Latinas by empowering them to take active part in the management of their health and by encouraging them to advocate for themselves. Familias Sanas was implemented at a prenatal clinic located at a major urban hospital in the southwestern U.S. The efficacy of the intervention was evaluated through a randomized control trial measuring the participants' rate of postpartum visits and other relevant well-being measures. Initial findings show a significant effect of the intervention, with participants in the experimental group returning for their postpartum clinic visit at a higher rate in comparison with the control group. The results are discussed from a culturally specific perspective. Practice, policy, and research implications and recommendations are provided.

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Graphic representation of the Familias Sanas intervention flow and evaluation (this article reports only on the outcome variable of mothers who were two months postpartum).
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