Effectiveness of Village Health Volunteers/Workers Working As Male-Female Pairs on Women's Use of Postnatal Care Services in Sepone District in Lao People's Democratic Republic: a Protocol for a Quasi-experimental Cluster Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 302
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Uptake of second postnatal care visit
研究概览
简要总结
The study aims to assess the effectiveness of male-female VHV/Ws working in pairs on women's uptake of second PNC visits in rural Sepone, Lao PDR.
Methods A quasi-experimental cluster study will be conducted between July 2024 and October 2026 in 37 selected sites from two districts in southern Lao PDR. In 19 selected intervention villages in the Sepone district, female-male VHV/Ws pairs will promote postpartum services, whereas, in 18 similar control villages in the Vilabuly district, VHV/Ws will work as individuals.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Care Provider)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 15 Years 至 49 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Women who gave birth within six weeks and twelve months before the study's baseline and end-line surveys.
排除标准
- •Women whose births resulted in a loss,
- •Women who do consent to participate in the surveys
- •Women who face a language barrier with surveyors will not be enrolled.
结局指标
主要结局
Uptake of second postnatal care visit
时间窗: 6 weeks after delivery
Second postnatal visit within 6 weeks after delivery in a health facility reported in maternal and child health handbook
次要结局
- Lenght of facility-based postpartum stay(cutoff is 12 hours)
研究者
Credo Adelphe Ahissou
Research fellow and Assistant Investigator
University of the Ryukyus