Effect of promotion of care-seeking for Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) Needing Assessment (ANA) on the utilisation of lady health workers services for the management of acute respiratory infections among children aged zero to 59 months in district Haripur, Pakista

Completed

• Conditions: Pneumonia and severe pneumonia in children zero to 59 months old.; Infections and Infestations; Pneumonia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10618300
• Lead Sponsor: World Health Organization (WHO) (Switzerland)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-10-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 85481

Inclusion Criteria

For improving careseeking practices component, mothers of all zero to 59 months old children in the 28 union councils of District Haripur. For the ARI standard case management component, children up to 59 months of age.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Mothers who refuse to take part in the careseeking components
2. Children with pneumonia, whose mother/parents refuse to accept ARI case management by the LHW and those who have danger signs like:
2.1. Inability to drink
2.2. Difficult to awake/drowsy/unconscious
2.3. Grunting
2.4. Cyanosis
2.5. Convulsions
2.6. Severe respiratory distress

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified