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NCT01487707
Completed
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Strengthening the Midwife Service Scheme With Community Focused Interventions: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Field Trial in Nigeria

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab1 site in 1 country7,200 target enrollmentDecember 2011
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ConditionsMaternal Mortality

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Maternal Mortality
Sponsor
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Enrollment
7200
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Maternal Mortality Ratio
Status
Completed
Last Updated
7 years ago
OverviewInvestigatorsEligibility CriteriaOutcomesSitesSimilar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to assess the impact of several community-based interventions that address the key factors underlying the high maternal mortality, as well as neonatal mortality and morbidity in northern Nigeria. The interventions, include:

  1. a Voluntary Health Worker Program (VHW)
  2. the VHW program with provision of a safe birth kit
  3. the VHW program with community folk media activities.
Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
December 2011
End Date
October 2016
Last Updated
7 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
Female

Investigators

Sponsor
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Women of reproductive age who live in the study clusters who provide consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Eligible women who do not consent.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Maternal Mortality Ratio

Time Frame: 42 days post delivery

Secondary Outcomes

  • Birthweight(2 years)
  • Proportion of women delivering in a health facility(2 years)
  • Proportion of women receiving antenatal care during pregnancy(2 years)
  • Stunting, underweight and wasting in children under 5 years(2 years)
  • Knowledge of warning signs during pregnancy(2 years)
  • Maternal Morbidity Rates(42 days post delivery)
  • Neonatal Mortality Rate(28 days after birth)
  • Proportion of women/newborns receiving postnatal care(2 years)

Study Sites (1)

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