Impact of Community Health Promoters: A Randomized Control Trial

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Paediatrics; malaria, diarrhoea, respiratory infections, birth complications

• Registration Number: PACTR201308000601715
• Lead Sponsor: Jakob Svensson (IIES, Stockholm University)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-07-25
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

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