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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A cluster randomised controlled trial of the community effectiveness of two interventions in rural Malawi to improve health care and to reduce maternal, newborn and infant mortality
Trials, Volume 11, Article 88, Year 2010
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Background: The UN Millennium Development Goals call for substantial reductions in maternal and child mortality, to be achieved through reductions in morbidity and mortality during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum and early childhood. The MaiMwana Project aims to test community-based interventions that tackle maternal and child health problems through increasing awareness and local action.Methods/Design: This study uses a two-by-two factorial cluster-randomised controlled trial design to test the impact of two interventions. The impact of a community mobilisation intervention run through women's groups, on home care, health care-seeking behaviours and maternal and infant mortality, will be tested. The impact of a volunteer-led infant feeding and care support intervention, on rates of exclusive breastfeeding, uptake of HIV-prevention services and infant mortality, will also be tested. The women's group intervention will employ local female facilitators to guide women's groups through a four-phase cycle of problem identification and prioritisation, strategy identification, implementation and evaluation. Meetings will be held monthly at village level. The infant feeding intervention will select local volunteers to provide advice and support for breastfeeding, birth preparedness, newborn care and immunisation. They will visit pregnant and new mothers in their homes five times during and after pregnancy.The unit of intervention allocation will be clusters of rural villages of 2500-4000 population. 48 clusters have been defined and randomly allocated to either women's groups only, infant feeding support only, both interventions, or no intervention. Study villages are surrounded by 'buffer areas' of non-study villages to reduce contamination between intervention and control areas. Outcome indicators will be measured through a demographic surveillance system. Primary outcomes will be maternal, infant, neonatal and perinatal mortality for the women's group intervention, and exclusive breastfeeding rates and infant mortality for the infant feeding intervention.Structured interviews will be conducted with mothers one-month and six-months after birth to collect detailed quantitative data on care practices and health-care-seeking. Further qualitative, quantitative and economic data will be collected for process and economic evaluations.Trial registration: ISRCTN06477126. © 2010 Lewycka et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lewycka, Sonia
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Mwansambo, Charles C.V.
Malawi, Lilongwe
Kamuzu Central Hospital
Kazembe, Peter Nicholas
Malawi, Lilongwe
Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation Malawi
Phiri, Tambosi
Malawi, Lilongwe
Maimwana Project
Mganga, Andrew
Malawi, Lilongwe
Maimwana Project
Rosato, Mikey
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Chapota, Hilda
Malawi, Lilongwe
Maimwana Project
Malamba, Florida
Malawi, Lilongwe
Maimwana Project
Vergnano, Stefania
United Kingdom, London
St George's University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
Newell, Marie Louise
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Osrin, David
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Costello, Anthony Ml De L.
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Statistics
Citations: 86
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1745-6215-11-88
ISSN:
17456215
e-ISSN:
17456215
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Quantitative
Study Locations
Malawi
Participants Gender
Female