IGRAAN: Strengthening Supervisory System of Pakistan’s Lady Health Workers Programme

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Supervisory skills of lady health supervisors (LHS); Pneumonia and Diarrhoea; Supervisory skills of lady health supervisors (LHS); Public Health - Health promotion/education; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613001261707
• Lead Sponsor: The Aga Khan University, Karachi

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-11-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

Lady Health Supervisor (LHS):
1.LHS who is performing duties as part of National
Program of Family Planning and Primary Health
care within geographical boundaries of District
Badin
2.LHS whose employments terms are permanent
3.LHS who conduct ‘field monitoring visits’ and
report them to the district level authorities.
4.LHS supervising the LHWs whose catchment area
is accessible for the purpose of ‘field monitoring
visits’.

Lady Health Worker(LHW):
1.LHW who is performing duties as part of National
Programme of Family Planning and Primary Health
care within geographical boundaries of District
Badin
2.LHW who provides services to the households
per LHW programme objectives, collect, collate
and report the relevant data to the respective
supervisor/LHS.
3.LHW whose catchment area is accessible by her
LHS for the purpose of ‘Filed Monitoring Visits’.

At Community Level:
1.Community caregiver/parent/guardian
permanently residing in the household falling
under the geographical scope/coverage area of
the LHW enrolled into the study
2.Community caregiver residing in a household that
has at least one child less than five years of age

Exclusion Criteria

Lady Health Supervisor (LHS):
1.LHS who is employed on ‘ad hoc’ or ‘temporary’
basis
2.LHS who assumes the additional responsibilities
of higher management level for e.g., Additional
District Controller
3.LHS not conducting ‘field monitoring visits’ on a
regular basis and also not reporting the progress
of the LHWs working under her supervision to the
next level of LHW programme authority

Lady Health Worker (LHW):
1.LHW not providing services; collecting, collating
and reporting the data relevant to the
households under her coverage area per LHW
programme objectives
2.LHW whose catchment area is not accessible by
her LHS

At Community Level:
1.Community caregiver who is not the permanent
resident of District Badin
2.Community caregiver having a household with no
child less than five years of age

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in under five morbidity attributable to pneumonia and diarrhea in children under five as assessed by household survey and the on-going Management Information System (MIS).[Baseline Household Survey at 3-5 months of the study lifecycle, pre-intervention; End-line Household Survey after 18th month, post-intervention.]