Delivering a contextualized package of care for child development (0-12 months) and maternal mental health in the camps for forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN10892553 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN10892553 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | SB-1810-19890 |
- Submission date
- 25/01/2019
- Registration date
- 15/05/2019
- Last edited
- 05/05/2021
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Other
Plain English Summary
Background and study aims
The study is going to target the Rohangian refugee population currently placed in more than 20 medium-sized camps in Bangladesh. As per current estimates, around three quarters of a million refugees have already reached; and with continued influx the refugee number will soon reach one million or more. In Myanmar, like most developing countries, early child development is considered to be a grossly neglected area of public health importance. Even before migration (i.e. in their own homeland), most of these refugees have been living in relatively poor circumstances. In refugee camps they are facing circumstances that increase the risk of delayed child development and occurrence of mental health conditions in women. About 1.75% of the 0.75 million refugees are estimated to be less than one year old (i.e. 13,125 infants). As per gross estimates, in the refugee population at least one-third of the less than one-year-old children are suffering from delayed development, and about the same number of mothers of infants are suffering from depression. The delayed development of child milestones relates mainly to: a) chronic child malnutrition due to poor child feeding practices and recurrent infections; and b) low childcare ability of mothers due to lack of child development care skills (<10%) and poor mental health condition of mothers. The refugee population currently lacks access to care for early child development and maternal mental health. The community-based intervention, implemented through modestly educated and enabled refugee women, will cover nutrition and hygiene, child brain development, and maternal mental health.
Who can participate?
Children aged 6 weeks or less and their mothers, living in the participating refugee camps
What does the study involve?
The participating refugee camps are randomly allocated into the intervention group or the control group. The intervention group receive the designed intervention for early child development, nutrition and maternal depression. The intervention is delivered by mothers counseling through community-based care providers. The control group continue with the routine practice that is generally present in the camps.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
The intervention is expected to reduce early child development delays and maternal depression. The control group will continue receiving routine care from the primary health outlets in the respective camps. There are no risks involved for the participants.
Where is the study run from?
Rohangian refugee camps (Bangladesh)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
June 2018 to June 2020
Who is funding the study?
Grand Challenges Canada
Who is the main contact?
Dr Muhammad Amir Khan
Contact information
Scientific
Association for Social Development
Street# 48, House # 12
Sector F7/4
Islamabad
44210
Pakistan
Public
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Islamabad
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Pakistan
| nidakhan@asd.com.pk |
Public
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islamabad
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Pakistan
| nidakhaneco@gmail.com |
Study information
| Study design | Cluster randomized controlled trial with two arms |
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| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Cluster randomised trial |
| Study setting(s) | Community |
| Study type | Prevention |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format. Please use contact details to request a participant information sheet. |
| Scientific title | Delivering a contextualized package of care for child development (0 - 12 months) and maternal mental health in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh |
| Study hypothesis | The main hypothesis to be tested is that the delivery of child development and maternal mental health care, by modestly educated community-based providers, is potentially effective and feasible in the refugee setting. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Approved 24/10/2018, Bangladesh Medical Research Council (Bangladesh Medical Research Council, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh, Tel: 8819311, 8828396; Email: info@bmrcbd.org), ref: BMRC/NREC/2016-2019/843 |
| Condition | Early child development, maternal health, child nutrition |
| Intervention | The population of 10000 people per cluster was needed to get the required sample size. The average population per block in each block is almost 5-6 thousand. Hence 2 blocks were combined together to make one cluster to get the required population i.e. 10000. After organizing 22 clusters with population more than 10,000, these were arranged with given numbers. These were further allocated into intervention and control arm by simple randomization of selected clusters by drawing clusters from a hat. Intervention arm 1. Adapted set of intervention materials for the community-based providers to deliver home-based care i.e. pictorial counseling tool and leaflet 2. Trained community-based care providers to visit and counsel each mother, on a quarterly basis, about child development and depression management care (using the intervention materials) 3. The key care contents will include: a) breastfeeding and weaning food; b) infant nurturing and child brain development; c) infection control e.g. food hygiene and hand washing; d) behaviour activation for maternal depression; and e) identify and refer for clinical care Control arm Community-based care providers will visit each registered mother-child pair on a quarterly basis. On each quarter the care provider will offer general health guidance, and also facilitate the mother's access to a primary health care facility as needed. Field Coordinator to monitor every month the performance of each community-based care provider in the trial. The duration of intervention and follow-up is almost one year with three quarterly follow-ups. |
| Intervention type | Behavioural |
| Primary outcome measure | Reduction in two or more than two child development delays, measured by ASQ-3 questionnaire by a trained external assessor at endline |
| Secondary outcome measures | Measured at endline by a trained external assessor: 1. Maternal depression measured by PHQ-9 questionnaire 2. Height-weight for stunting measured using infantometer and infant weight machine |
| Overall study start date | 30/06/2018 |
| Overall study end date | 30/06/2020 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Other |
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| Age group | Mixed |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | This trial will have a total of 696 mother-child pairs in 22 clusters, randomly divided into equal number of intervention and control clusters. |
| Participant inclusion criteria | 1. Children aged 6 weeks or less 2. Children resident of respective refugee camp |
| Participant exclusion criteria | 1. Children of more than 6 weeks 2. Child known to have congenital abnormality, history of delayed cry or seizures, cretinism |
| Recruitment start date | 01/02/2019 |
| Recruitment end date | 01/05/2019 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Bangladesh
Study participating centre
Kutupalong
4700
Bangladesh
Sponsor information
Government
MaRS Centre
South Tower
101 College Street
Suite 406
Toronto
M5G 1L7
Canada
| Phone | +1 (0)41 673 6568 |
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| infor@grandchallenges.ca | |
| Website | http://www.grandchallenges.ca/who-we-are/ |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/02snbhr24 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
Government organisation / National government
- Alternative name(s)
- Grands Défis Canada, GCC
- Location
- Canada
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | 30/06/2021 |
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| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | Yes |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Other |
| Publication and dissemination plan | The trialists have planned to publish papers related to the main trial and process evaluation in peer reviewed journals. 2020 protocol in preprint https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.25047 (added 04/01/2021) |
| IPD sharing plan | The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study during this study will be included in the subsequent results publication. |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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| Protocol article | 04/05/2021 | 05/05/2021 | Yes | No |
Editorial Notes
05/05/2021: Publication reference added.
14/01/2021: The intention to publish date has been changed from 30/09/2020 to 30/06/2021.
05/01/2021: A public contact has been added.
04/01/2021: A preprint link has been added to the publication and dissemination plan.
29/04/2019: Trial's existence confirmed by ethics committee.
