The effect of womens' groups facilitated by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) on birth outcomes in Eastern India
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Maternal and Child HealthPregnancy and ChildbirthNeonatal mortality
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN31567106
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College London (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 6000
Inclusion Criteria
1. Women who give birth in 30 geographic clusters during the study period
2. Women and their newborn infants are included after birth, or, if a woman dies during pregnancy, at her death.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Women who decline to be interviewed
2. Women who have migrated out of the study areas (classified as those who cannot be traced 9 months after a birth or death identification)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eonatal mortality (deaths in the first 28 complete days after birth per 1,000 live births), during the last 24 months of the study.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Early and late neonatal mortality rate <br>2. Stillbirth rate<br>3. Maternal mortality ratio<br>4. Pregnancy related mortality<br>5. Health care seeking <br>6. Home care practices