How a mobile based application enabled counseling improves the quality of postnatal care which is provided after delivery and comparing this with the prior care

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: All the Antenatal mothers in the III Trimester who has decided to stay for 6 months after delivery in the service area of JIPMER will be enrolled after their written informed consent.

• Registration Number: CTRI/2019/08/021006
• Lead Sponsor: JIPMER

Brief Summary

After assessing the barriers foradequate postnatal visits to be delivered by the health worker, by aqualitative assessment, a training program will be conducted for the  health workers from the selected PHCs. Thetraining will enable them to deliver structured counseling on importance ofIron supplementation and exclusive breast feeding during postpartum. It will beensured that other family members in the family also participate in the counsellingsession. Using a locally developed Application (APP), real-time monitoring willalso be done. The Adherence to IFA will be verified by pill count and Hbestimation for Mothers will be done by the investigator during postintervention at mother’s home. The APP will also enable the health workers tosend weekly SMS reminder to the mothers or/and to her spouse/family member toencourage them regarding IFA tablet consumption and Exclusive Breast feeding(EBF).After assessing the barriers foradequate postnatal visits to be delivered by the health worker, by aqualitative assessment, a training program will be conducted for the  health workers from the selected PHCs. Thetraining will enable them to deliver structured counseling on importance ofIron supplementation and exclusive breast feeding during postpartum. It will beensured that other family members in the family also participate in the counsellingsession. Using a locally developed Application (APP), real-time monitoring willalso be done. The Adherence to IFA will be verified by pill count and Hbestimation for Mothers will be done by the investigator during postintervention at mother’s home. The APP will also enable the health workers tosend weekly SMS reminder to the mothers or/and to her spouse/family member toencourage them regarding IFA tablet consumption and Exclusive Breast feeding(EBF).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 56

Inclusion Criteria

All the third trimester mothers (≥18 years) registered under JIPMER Health centres of Puducherry, who have decided to stay in the same service for the next 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
3. Children exclusively breastfed for 6 months: Yes or No	At the end of 3rd and 6th month after delivery
4. Duration of exclusive breast feeding: in months	At the end of 3rd and 6th month after delivery
1.Postnatal mother adherent to IFA at 12 weeks (65% adherent): Yes or No.	At the end of 3rd and 6th month after delivery
2. Difference in Hb status from second week to twelth week in gm%	At the end of 3rd and 6th month after delivery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Number of postnatal home visits received by mother (counts)	2.Number of IFA tablets received by the mother at the first week (counts)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

JIPMER; 🇮🇳 Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India

JIPMER

🇮🇳Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India

Balachandiran

Principal investigator

08220338324

balachandiran2012@gmail.com