Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Parent Support/Counselling Program With a Focus on Responsive Stimulation for Infants and Young Children in Rural Bangladesh
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- McGill University
- Enrollment
- 474
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Bayley scales of infant development
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Children of mothers in the intervention parenting program are expected to show benefits over the standard care control group in terms of better cognitive/language development, less recent illness, and better height for age. The mothers assigned to the intervention parenting program are expected to evidence higher levels of home stimulation, better health prevention, and better dietary diversity, along with more accurate knowledge of child development.
Detailed Description
There are actually two intervention groups: in one the program is delivered by trained peer educators from the village, and in the other the program is delivered by trained government personnel.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 6 Months to 14 Months (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •mother has a child 6 to 14 months of age
- •mother willing to learn about child care
Exclusion Criteria
- •not severely disabled
Arms & Interventions
Community-based
Community trained peer educator delivers parenting sessions to mothers in the village on a monthly basis
Intervention: Responsive parenting (Behavioral)
Government-based
Government community health workers, trained, deliver the intervention to mothers in the village
Intervention: Child Development (Behavioral)
Control
Mothers receive the standard care which is a visit from the health worker
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Bayley scales of infant development
Time Frame: 12 months
Cognitive, receptive language and expressive language items will be administered to the child and scored as pass/fail with a total score calculated for each subtest and the total.
Secondary Outcomes
- HOME Inventory(12 months)
- Mother-Child picture talk(12 months)
- Dietary diversity(12 months)
- Child development knowledge of mother(12 months)
- height for age(12 months)
Investigators
Frances Aboud
Professor
McGill University