Trial no.:
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PACTR201903906459874 |
Date of Approval:
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14/03/2019 |
Trial Status:
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Retrospective registration - This trial was registered after enrolment of the first participant |
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TRIAL DESCRIPTION |
Public title
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Maternal health improvement among fishing communities in Uganda through capacity strengthening of community health workers |
Official scientific title |
Maternal health improvement among fishing communities in Uganda through capacity strengthening of community health workers |
Brief summary describing the background
and objectives of the trial
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Background: Uganda is experiencing a critical shortage of skilled health care workers including skilled birth attendants (SBAs), especially in rural hard to reach areas(1).
The shortage of SBAs (doctors, nurses, midwives) has contributed to deaths of women, with about 14 women dying daily (maternal mortality ratio of 336 per 100,000 live births) from pregnancy and child birth related complications(2).
Task shifting the promotion of maternal health behaviours including aspects of antenatal (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) to community-based health workers (CHWs) may improve maternal health behaviours in hard to reach fishing communities (FCs) on Lake Victoria(3–5).
This study evaluates whether intensified (at least four home visits) involvement of CHWs delivering the Village Health Teams Improving Maternal Health Behaviour (VIMBA) package influences skilled antenatal attendance and births among hard to reach FCs in Kalangala district. The VIMBA package will be implemented among 243 women in the intervention communities. To ascertain the effect of the VIMBA package, 243 women from other control FCs will be receiving standard ANC and PNC. Skilled antenatal attendance and child birth will be determined by comparing these indicators between the communities.
Objective: To determine if intensified implementation of the VIMBA package improves maternal health behaviours in the intervention FCs over an 18 months’ period. |
Type of trial |
CCT |
Acronym (If the trial has an acronym then please provide) |
VIMBA |
Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied |
Pregnancy and Childbirth |
Sub-Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied |
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Purpose of the trial |
Community Health Workers providing Maternal Health talks, Blood Pressure measurement, HIV and Anemia testing |
Anticipated trial start date |
01/01/2018 |
Actual trial start date |
04/01/2018 |
Anticipated date of last follow up |
13/11/2019 |
Actual Last follow-up date |
13/12/2019 |
Anticipated target sample size (number of participants) |
486 |
Actual target sample size (number of participants) |
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Recruitment status |
Completed |
Publication URL |
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2150132720923101 |
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