Improving maternal and newborn health through participatory community groups in three rural districts in Bangladesh
ISRCTN | ISRCTN54792066 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN54792066 |
Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 27/02/2009
- Registration date
- 06/04/2009
- Last edited
- 27/04/2010
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Prof Anthony Costello
Scientific
Scientific
University College London (UCL) Institute of Child Health
Centre for International Health and Development
30 Guilford Street
London
WC1N 1EH
United Kingdom
Phone | +44 (0)20 7905 2883 |
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a.costello@ich.ucl.ac.uk |
Study information
Study design | Cluster randomised controlled trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | Other |
Study type | Treatment |
Scientific title | Improving maternal and newborn health through participatory community groups in three rural districts in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial |
Study acronym | BADAS (Perinatal Care Project) |
Study objectives | Will a community mobilisation intervention improve maternal and neonatal home care, service uptake, morbidity and mortality in three rural districts in Bangladesh? |
Ethics approval(s) | Not provided at the time of registration |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Maternal and child health |
Intervention | In each intervention cluster a facilitator will convene community groups to explore maternal and neonatal health issues. Groups will meet once or twice a month and move through action research cycles. The programme inputs can be itemised as: 1. Recruitment, training, supervisions and remuneration of facilitators. The role of the facilitator is to activate and strengthen groups, support them in identifying problems, help to plan possible solutions and support the implementation and monitoring of solution strategies in the community. Although she requires a grasp of health issues and some knowledge of potential interventions, she needs to be a facilitator rather than a teacher. As such, she may act as a broker of information and communication but her prime importance is as a catalyst for community mobilisation 2. Development of tools for conducting group meetings, process evaluation and documentation 3. Recruitment, training, supervision and remuneration of a supervisory cadre to support the community-based facilitators There is no follow-up period after the intervention ends. The intervention is a community mobilisation intervention, which only occurs in the intervention clusters. All clusters, control and intervention, receive health system strengthening activities. |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | Neonatal and maternal mortality rates, measured prospectively from 1st February 2005 until the end of the trial (31 December 2007). |
Secondary outcome measures | 1. Maternal and neonatal home care practices 2. Utilisation of antenatal, delivery and postnatal services All outcomes measured prospectively from 1st February 2005 until the end of the trial (31 December 2007). |
Overall study start date | 01/02/2005 |
Completion date | 31/12/2007 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Other |
Sex | Female |
Target number of participants | 2000 women group members |
Key inclusion criteria | Women (no defined age range) who reside in 18 communities during the study period. |
Key exclusion criteria | 1. Women who decline to be interviewed or reside outside the study area 2. Women residing in a Tea Estate |
Date of first enrolment | 01/02/2005 |
Date of final enrolment | 31/12/2007 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Bangladesh
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
University College London (UCL) Institute of Child Health
London
WC1N 1EH
United Kingdom
WC1N 1EH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
University College London (UCL) Institute of Child Health (UK)
Research organisation
Research organisation
Centre for International Health and Development
30 Guilford Street
London
WC1N 1EH
United Kingdom
Phone | +44 (0)20 7905 2883 |
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a.costello@ich.ucl.ac.uk | |
Website | http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ |
https://ror.org/02jx3x895 |
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Department for International Development (DFID) (UK) (ref: RPC HD5)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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Results article | results | 03/04/2010 | Yes | No |