Impact Study of Community Based Treatment of Neonatal Infection by Health Extension Workers on Neonatal Mortality
NCT ID: NCT00743691
Last Updated: 2019-09-20
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
19476 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2009-06-30
2016-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Arm1
Make a diagnosis of Neonatal infections and refer patients according to IMNCI guideline
No interventions assigned to this group
2
Health extension Workers will Make a diagnosis of Neonatal infections and treat with antibiotics when referal is not possible
Community Based
In Arm 2 health extension workers will make a diagnosis of Neonatal infection and treat with antibiotics
Interventions
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Community Based
In Arm 2 health extension workers will make a diagnosis of Neonatal infection and treat with antibiotics
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
1 Minute
4 Weeks
ALL
No
Sponsors
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John Snow, Inc.
INDUSTRY
University of London
OTHER
UNICEF
OTHER
Save the Children
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Samuel T. Tesema, MD,Ped
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Save the Children
Brian E. Mulligan, BSc, MPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
John Snow, Inc.
Tedbab D. HaileGebreil, MD, Ped
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Save the Children/USA Ethiopia country office
Simon Ni Cousens, professor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Locations
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Sidama, East shoa and West arsi Zones
Ādama, Sidama Region, Ethiopia
Countries
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References
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Ahmed S, Sobhan F, Islam A, Barkat-e-Khuda. Neonatal morbidity and care-seeking behaviour in rural Bangladesh. J Trop Pediatr. 2001 Apr;47(2):98-105. doi: 10.1093/tropej/47.2.98.
Baqui AH et al. Early Findings from a Cluster-randomized Community-based Newborn Health Intervention Trial in Sylhet, Bangladesh. 8th Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhoea and Malnutrition (CAPGAN), 2006
Bang AT, Bang RA, Baitule SB, Reddy MH, Deshmukh MD. Effect of home-based neonatal care and management of sepsis on neonatal mortality: field trial in rural India. Lancet. 1999 Dec 4;354(9194):1955-61. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03046-9.
Bhutta ZA, Darmstadt GL, Hasan BS, Haws RA. Community-based interventions for improving perinatal and neonatal health outcomes in developing countries: a review of the evidence. Pediatrics. 2005 Feb;115(2 Suppl):519-617. doi: 10.1542/peds.2004-1441.
Lawn JE, Cousens S, Zupan J; Lancet Neonatal Survival Steering Team. 4 million neonatal deaths: when? Where? Why? Lancet. 2005 Mar 5-11;365(9462):891-900. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71048-5.
Lawn JE and Kerber K (eds) .Opportunities for Africa's Newborns: Practical data, policy and programmatic support for newborn care in Africa. The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), Cape Town 2006. ISBN-13: 978-0-620-37695-2.
Lawn JE, Wilczynska-Ketende K, Cousens SN. Estimating the causes of 4 million neonatal deaths in the year 2000. Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Jun;35(3):706-18. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyl043. Epub 2006 Mar 23.
FMOHa. Health Sector Development Programme -III Document. Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 2005.
Hayes RJ, Bennett S. Simple sample size calculation for cluster-randomized trials. Int J Epidemiol. 1999 Apr;28(2):319-26. doi: 10.1093/ije/28.2.319.
Degefie Hailegebriel T, Mulligan B, Cousens S, Mathewos B, Wall S, Bekele A, Russell J, Sitrin D, Tensou B, Lawn J, de Graft Johnson J, Legesse H, Hailu S, Nigussie A, Worku B, Baqui A. Effect on Neonatal Mortality of Newborn Infection Management at Health Posts When Referral Is Not Possible: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Rural Ethiopia. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2017 Jun 27;5(2):202-216. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00312. Print 2017 Jun 27.
Related Links
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Official website for Save the Children
Other Identifiers
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SNL 50124
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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