Karl le Roux

Biographic Data

ID6807182
NAMEKarl le Roux
GIVEN NAMESKarl
FAMILY NAMEle Roux
SIGNATURELE ROUX K
AFFILIATIONSZithulele Hospital
ORCID0000-0002-0554-2111
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Relationship of perinatal outcomes to the competence and quantity of contact with community health workers

    Open AccessMark Tomlinson, Mary J Rotheram-Borus et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: The effectiveness of perinatal home visits by community health workers (CHWs) often diminishes when large regional or national programmes are implemented. To address this gap, we aimed to identify which CHW behaviours influence maternal and child outcomes. Methods: We randomised all government-funded CHWs at eight deeply rural clinics (n = 43) by clinic to usual care, which consisted of home visits (control group; four clinics, 23 CHW…

  • Community health workers' experiences of supervision in maternal and child health programmes in low‐ and middle‐income countries

    Open AccessLinnea Stansert Katzen, Elaine Dippenaar et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2022

    Maternal and child health programmes often use Community Health Workers (CHWs) to help address poor access to health care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Supervision has long been recognised as a critical ingredient of successful CHW programmes, yet it is often reported as either of poor quality or absent. There is little research on CHWs' own perception of supervision and to the best of our knowledge, there are no revie…

  • Maternal and child health outcomes in rural South African mothers living with and without HIV

    Karl le Roux, Joan Christodoulou et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020

    In the era of widespread antiretroviral therapy (ART), consequences of being HIV-exposed is unclear for children, especially in rural communities. A population sample of consecutive births (470/493) in the Eastern Cape of South Africa (SA) were recruited and reassessed at five points over the first 24 months. Maternal and child outcomes between mothers living with and without HIV were assessed using multiple linear and logistic regressions. At bi…

  • Community health worker home visiting in deeply rural South Africa

    Open AccessLinnea Stansert Katzen, Karl le Roux et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    Home visiting by community health workers (CHW) improves child outcomes in efficacy trials, there is however limited evidence of impact evaluating CHW programmes when operating outside of a research project. A CHW programme, previously demonstrated efficacious in a peri-urban township, was evaluated in a deeply rural context in a non-randomised comparative cohort study. Two non-contiguous, rural areas in the Eastern Cape of South Africa of about …

  • Community health workers impact on maternal and child health outcomes in rural South Africa – a non-randomized two-group comparison study

    Open AccessKarl le Roux, Karl W le Roux et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    The impact of CHWs in a rural area was less pronounced than in peri-urban areas. CHWs are likely to need enhanced support and supervision in the challenging rural context

  • A randomized controlled trial of home visits by neighborhood mentor mothers to improve children's nutrition in South Africa

    Ingrid M le Roux, Karl le Roux et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2011Cited by: 3References: 4

    Malnourished children and babies with birth weights under 2500 g are at high risk for negative outcomes over their lifespans. Philani, a paraprofessional home visiting program, was developed to improve nutritional outcomes for young children in South Africa. One "mentor mother" was recruited from each of 37 neighborhoods in Cape Town, South Africa. Mentor mothers were trained to conduct home visits to weigh children under six years old and to sup…