Clinical Trial: Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria
Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Strengthening the Midwife Service Scheme With Community Focused Interventions: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Field Trial in Nigeria
Brief Summary:
The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to assess the impact of several community-based interventions that address the key factors underlying the high maternal mortality, as well as neonatal mortality and morbidity in northern Nigeria. The interventions, include:
- a Voluntary Health Worker Program (VHW)
- the VHW program with provision of a safe birth kit
- the VHW program with community folk media activities.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Current Primary Outcome: Maternal Mortality Ratio [ Time Frame: 42 days post delivery ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
- Maternal Morbidity Rates [ Time Frame: 42 days post delivery ]
- Proportion of women delivering in a health facility [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Neonatal Mortality Rate [ Time Frame: 28 days after birth ]
- Proportion of women receiving antenatal care during pregnancy [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Knowledge of warning signs during pregnancy [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Proportion of women/newborns receiving postnatal care [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Birthweight [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Stunting, underweight and wasting in children under 5 years [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Dates:
Date Received: December 6, 2011
Date Started: December 2011
Date Completion:
Last Updated: November 30, 2015
Last Verified: November 2015
