Scaling up Evidence-based Nutrition Interventions to Address Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Pakistan: a District-based Demonstration Project in Rural Sindh
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 3,000
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- mother pregnancy weight gain in 3rd trimester
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to provide evidence regarding the feasibility of integrating an enhanced maternal and child care health education package into the existing curricula of the National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health Care (LHW Program) and evaluating the feasibility of scaling-up as well as the impact on birth outcomes, nutritional status, morbidity patterns and overall survival patterns at the community level.
详细描述
This project aims to do the following:
- To evaluate the operational feasibility of integrating an enhanced health education and nutrition package into the existing curriculum of the National Program for FP/PHC (LHW Program)
- Impact of the implementation of the full package of evidence-based nutrition interventions on the nutrition status, morbidity patterns and overall survival patterns in the district
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Live born infants and young children from all registered pregnancies within participating villages and catchment population
- •pregnant women
- •Consent given by at least one of the parents
排除标准
- •Children born with congenital malformations or serious birth injury
- •Suspected non-compliance (mobile and poorly motivated parents).
- •Failure to give consent
研究组 & 干预措施
Routine LHW Advice
Arm receiving routine advice by their local Lady Health Workers (LHWs)
Enhanced LHW Advice
Arm receiving enhanced nutrition and health advice from the local Lady Health Workers (LHWs)during their routine community visits.
干预措施: Enhanced education (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
mother pregnancy weight gain in 3rd trimester
时间窗: at time of enrollment, 2 weeks before delivery
mothers Hb level
时间窗: at time of enrollment, 2 weeks before delivery
child's birthweight
时间窗: at birth
次要结局
- dietary diversity of CF(6 mths, 9mths, 12mths, 18 mths)
- young child's growth(0, 3, 6, 12, 18 mths, at end of study)
研究者
Dr Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Professor and Founding Director, Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health
Aga Khan University