Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria
NCT ID: NCT01487707
Last Updated: 2019-01-15
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
7200 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2011-12-31
2016-10-31
Brief Summary
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1. a Voluntary Health Worker Program (VHW)
2. the VHW program with provision of a safe birth kit
3. the VHW program with community folk media activities.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program
Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program
Voluntary Health Workers will conduct door-to-door campaigns on maternal and child health, and will visit pregnant women regularly to to educate and to encourage use of antenatal care and facility-based deliveries.
VHW program plus Safe Birth Kit
Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program
Voluntary Health Workers will conduct door-to-door campaigns on maternal and child health, and will visit pregnant women regularly to to educate and to encourage use of antenatal care and facility-based deliveries.
Safe Birth Kit
A safe birth kit, containing sterile materials to diminish infection risk will be given to pregnant women.
VHW program plus Folk Media Activities
Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program
Voluntary Health Workers will conduct door-to-door campaigns on maternal and child health, and will visit pregnant women regularly to to educate and to encourage use of antenatal care and facility-based deliveries.
Community Folk Media Campaigns
Community-wide media activities, including dramas, intended to address community norms regarding maternal and child health.
Interventions
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Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program
Voluntary Health Workers will conduct door-to-door campaigns on maternal and child health, and will visit pregnant women regularly to to educate and to encourage use of antenatal care and facility-based deliveries.
Safe Birth Kit
A safe birth kit, containing sterile materials to diminish infection risk will be given to pregnant women.
Community Folk Media Campaigns
Community-wide media activities, including dramas, intended to address community norms regarding maternal and child health.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
15 Years
49 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Planned Parenthood Federation Nigeria
UNKNOWN
MacArthur Foundation
OTHER
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Jessica Leight, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vandana Sharma, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Martina Bjorkman-Nyqvist, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Stockholm School of Economics
Locations
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Planned Parenthood Federation
Abuja, , Nigeria
Countries
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References
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Sharma V, Leight J, AbdulAziz F, Giroux N, Nyqvist MB. Illness recognition, decision-making, and care-seeking for maternal and newborn complications: a qualitative study in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria. J Health Popul Nutr. 2017 Dec 21;36(Suppl 1):46. doi: 10.1186/s41043-017-0124-y.
Sharma V, Brown W, Kainuwa MA, Leight J, Nyqvist MB. High maternal mortality in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria estimated using the sisterhood method. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017 Jun 2;17(1):163. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1341-5.
Other Identifiers
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019368-001
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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