Table 2.

Reversible maternal comorbidities and protective caretaking activities in home visiting (HV) and standard care (SC) groups over time

	Standard care (SC)	Home visiting (HV)	All mothers
	N = 313	N = 157	N = 470
	% n	% n	% n
Reversible maternal comorbidities
Maternal depression (EPDS > 13)
At birth	15%	17%	16%
3 months post-birth	15% (37/241)	15% (19/124)	15% (56/365)
6 months post-birth	15% (37/250)	12% (13/112)	14% (50/362)
9 months post-birth	12% (27/223)	11% (13/117)	12% (40/340)
12 months post-birth	16% (33/209)	9% (9/103)	13% (42/312)
24 months post-birth	8% (14/177)	6% (5/85)	7% (19/262)
Alcohol use
Before learning of pregnancy	11%	12%	11%**
After learning of pregnancy	6%	8%	7%**
Intimate partner violence
Prior to pregnancy	9%	15%	11%**
During pregnancy*	19%	29%	22%**
Protective maternal caretaking activities
During pregnancy
Four or more ANC visits*	26%	38%	48%
Tested for HIV	93%	94%	94%
PMTCT tasks for mothers living with HIV
ART before birth	3%	7%	5%
NVP at birth	91%	96%	93%
PCR testing, 3 months	24%	36%	29%
PCR testing, 6 months	51%	43%	48%
Feeding
Exclusive breastfeeding, 3 months**	17%	29%	21%
Exclusive breastfeeding, 6 months	18% (47/264)	25% (32/126)	20% (79/390)
Immunization
Up-to-date at 3 months	51%	45%	49%
Up-to-date at 6 months	72%	75%	73%
Up-to-date at 9 months	84%	83%	84%
Up-to-date at 12 months	77%	66%	73%
Child support grant (CSG)
Secured by 6 months	63%	71%	66%
Secured by 12 months	76%	80%	77%
Traditional healers
Visited within 3 months*	13%	6%	10%

Note. P-values based on linear mixed (continuous) and logistic (binary) regressions that account for repeated measures with random intercepts for mothers

* p < .05; ** p < .01