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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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

7200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-12-31

Study Completion Date

2016-10-31

Brief Summary

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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:

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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Maternal Mortality

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A safe birth kit, containing sterile materials to diminish infection risk will be given to pregnant women.

VHW program plus Folk Media Activities

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Safe Birth Kit

A safe birth kit, containing sterile materials to diminish infection risk will be given to pregnant women.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Community Folk Media Campaigns

Community-wide media activities, including dramas, intended to address community norms regarding maternal and child health.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women of reproductive age who live in the study clusters who provide consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Eligible women who do not consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

49 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Planned Parenthood Federation Nigeria

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

MacArthur Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

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

Site Status

Countries

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Nigeria

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29297412 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28577546 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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019368-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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