Evaluation of a Community Engagement Approach in Improving Immunization Coverage

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Immunization coverage of children aged 6-23 months old

• Registration Number: CTRI/2017/02/007792
• Lead Sponsor: Public Health Foundation of India

Brief Summary

We adopt a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the impact of a community engagement approach on vaccination coverage-related indicators. Cluster randomized design is appropriate here as opposed to individual or household level randomization as the intervention is intended for implementation at the village level. The study site is Assam, a north-eastern state of India. We selected 3 districts from Assam- Kamrup rural, Bongaigaon, and Udalguri. We will assess the intervention’s impact on primary outcomes full immunization coverage in children 12-23 months old, coverage of three doses of DPT/Pentavalent vaccine in 6-23 month old children, dropout rates between different doses of pentavalent/DPT and OPV. The study involves 90 villages per group, intervention and control, leading to a total of 180 villages in Assam across 3 districts. Outcome assessments will be based on 15 eligible households (having children in the age group of 6-23 months) from each village resulting in a total sample size of 2700 households.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-02-20
• Last Update Posted: 2017-06-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2700

Inclusion Criteria

• The entire village which has been randomly assigned to receive the intervention is eligible for this community engagement approach.
• However, data will be collected from households (HHs) having children in the age group of 6-23 months.

Exclusion Criteria

• Villages having less than 50 HHs (getting enough number of eligible households–having children in the age group 6 to 23 months- would be a challenge).
• Villages having more than 500 HHs (might be difficult to get the community together and hence implementation could be a challenge).
• Villages which were not accessible at baseline due to security concerns or flood situation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Full immunization coverage in children 12-23 months old	2 years
Coverage of three doses of OPV and DPT/Pentavalent vaccine in 6-23 month old children	2 years
Dropout rates between different doses of OPV and Pentavalent/DPT	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Awareness of immunization service provision in mothers	Knowledge of the benefits of immunization

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bongaigaon; 🇮🇳 Bongaigaon, ASSAM, India

Bongaigaon

🇮🇳Bongaigaon, ASSAM, India

Samina Parveen

Principal investigator

7308530137

samina.parveen@phfi.org