Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Maternal Mortality
• Interventions: Behavioral: Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program; Behavioral: Safe Birth Kit; Behavioral: Community Folk Media Campaigns

• Registration Number: NCT01487707
• Lead Sponsor: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-12
• Study First Submitted: 2011-12-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-12-06
• Study First Posted: 2011-12-07
• Primary Completion: 2016-10
• Study Completion: 2016-10
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-14
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 7200

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• Eligible women who do not consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program	Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program	-
VHW program plus Safe Birth Kit	Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program	-
VHW program plus Safe Birth Kit	Safe Birth Kit	-
VHW program plus Folk Media Activities	Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program	-
VHW program plus Folk Media Activities	Community Folk Media Campaigns	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Maternal Mortality Ratio	42 days post delivery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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
Birthweight	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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Planned Parenthood Federation; 🇳🇬 Abuja, Nigeria