A cluster randomised controlled trial of the impact of community women's groups and sepsis management by community volunteers on newborn survival and maternal and infant nutrition

niversity College London (UCL) Centre for International Health and Development (UK)0 个研究点目标入组 12,000 人开始时间: 2009年6月25日最近更新: 2021年1月11日

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试验速览

2011 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21635791 2014 results on prevalence of Caesarean section in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25550293/ (added 30/12/2020)

•Main target population:
•1. Women of reproductive age, of whom there are 140,000
•2. Infants under a year of age, of whom there are 19,000
•3. 26,000 pregnancies expected annually in the district
•Key participants:
•Women who either join community groups or have a pregnancy. The women's group intervention involves social mobilisation and group membership and activities will not be restricted to women of reproductive age. Since the aim is to improve the situation of pregnant women and their newborn infants, any participant who may affect this situation may be involved. Particular stakeholders may be older women, male community members, health workers and local opinion formers. All women and their newborn infants will be eligible to participate in the data collection exercise, for which enrolment will occur either during pregnancy or in the post-natal period.

发起方

niversity College London (UCL) Centre for International Health and Development (UK)