Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/78856, first published .
Community-Based Adaptation and Evaluation of a Peer-Led Intervention to Address Alcohol Use and HIV in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in South Africa: Protocol for the “Mentor Mothers Plus” Randomized Control Trial

Community-Based Adaptation and Evaluation of a Peer-Led Intervention to Address Alcohol Use and HIV in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in South Africa: Protocol for the “Mentor Mothers Plus” Randomized Control Trial

Community-Based Adaptation and Evaluation of a Peer-Led Intervention to Address Alcohol Use and HIV in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in South Africa: Protocol for the “Mentor Mothers Plus” Randomized Control Trial

Zaynab Essack   1, 2 , PhD ;   Zaino Petersen   1 , PhD ;   Amanda P Miller   3 , PhD ;   Sarah Schoetz Dean   4 , MPH ;   Danielle Daniels   1 , MPH ;   Hayley Hofmeester   5, 5 , BA ;   Thomas Belin   6 , PhD ;   Heidi van Rooyen   7 , PhD ;   Jaco Louw   5 , PhD ;   Dvora Joseph Davey   4, 8 , PhD, MPH

1 Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa

2 University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, United States

4 Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

5 Foundation for Alcohol Related Research, Cape Town, South Africa

6 Department of Biostatistics, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

7 Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

8 Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Dvora Joseph Davey, PhD, MPH
  • Department of Epidemiology
  • Fielding School of Public Health
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • 650 Charles E Young Dr S
  • Los Angeles, CA 90095
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 3107011526
  • Email: djosephdavey@mednet.ucla.edu