Impact of Community Health Promoters: A Randomized Control Trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Paediatricsmalaria, diarrhoea, respiratory infections, birth complications
- Registration Number
- PACTR201308000601715
- Lead Sponsor
- Jakob Svensson (IIES, Stockholm University)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8000
Inclusion Criteria
All subjects living in a treatment villages can benefit from the presence of the CHP. However, for inclusion in the survey, a household must have at least one child under 5 years of age.
Exclusion Criteria
The exclusion criteria regarding the household surverys is the following: no children under 5 years of age.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mortality for children under five
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Malaria morbidity in under 5 children;Diarrhoea morbidity in under 5 children;Acute Respiratory Infection morbidity in under 5 children;Percentage of malaria cases promptly treated with ACTs;Percentage of child diarrhoea cases promptly treated;Percentage of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) promptly treated;Percentage of children receiving Vitamin A supplementation (either through vitamin supplements or through fortified foods);Percentage of deliveries in a facility with trained medical help ;Percentage of first of antenatal care (ANC) visits within first four months of pregnancy ;Percentage of under-5 children sleeping under bed nets ;Percentage of households using treated or filtered water;Anthropometric indicators (height, weight, mid-upper arm circumference) for under 5 children;Haemoglobin level in under 5 children;Health knowledge