Elizabeth Erkel, PhD

South Carolina Rural Health Research Center

Phone: 843.792.5461
Fax: 301.777.1836
E-mail: erkelea@musc.edu

South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
University of South Carolina
800 Sumter Street Suite 116
Columbia, SC 29208

Completed Projects (1)

Resource Mothers: Effect of a Home Visitation Program Using Indigenous Paraprofessionals on Maternal-Infant Preventive Services, Modifiable Risk Factors and Health Outcomes, Lead researcher
Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Children, Maternal and child health

Publications (1)

• Development of a Methodology for Assessing the Effect of a Lay Home Visitation Program for Rural High-Risk Women and Infants
  Author(s): Elizabeth A. Erkel, Charity G. Moore, Yvonne Michel
  Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health promotion and disease prevention, Maternal and child health, Women
  Date: 02 / 2004
  This pilot study successfully demonstrated that a retrospective, population-based, comparative design is a feasible method for evaluating the effectiveness of a community health worker program for women at risk for poor pregnancy and birth outcomes.