Shrestha 2011.
Methods | Cluster‐RCT; unit of randomisation ‐ village development committee clusters, n = 60 |
Participants | Main target population:Women of reproductive age; infants under a year of age and pregnancies in the district |
Interventions | Two community‐based interventions involving Female Community Health Volunteers (1) MIRA Dhanusha community groups: a participatory intervention with women’s groups and (2) MIRA Dhanusha sepsis management: training of community volunteers in the recognition and management of neonatal sepsis |
Outcomes | Primary outcome: neonatal mortality rates. Secondary outcomes: MIRA Dhanusha community group: stillbirth, infant and under‐two mortality rates, care practices and health care seeking behaviour, maternal diet, breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices, maternal and under‐2 anthropometric status. MIRA Dhanusha sepsis management: identification and treatment of neonatal sepsis by community health volunteers, infection‐specific neonatal mortality |
Notes | ISRCTN: ISRCTN87820538; Principal investigator: Prof Anthony Costello, UCL Centre for International Health and Development |
CHC: Community Health Centre; CRC: Colorectal Cancer; EUROHIS‐QoL: shortened version of the WHO Quality of Life Instrument‐Abbreviated version; LDL: Low‐density lipoprotein; MH ECO: Mental Health Experience Co‐design; RSA: Recovery Self Assessment Scale; RAS‐R: Psychosocial Recovery Assessment Scale ‐ Revised; RE‐AIM: Reach, Efficacy/Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance; STARS: Staff Attitudes to Recovery Scale.