Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Birth attendance by trained health workers is low in rural Nepal. Local participation in improving health services and increased interaction between health systems and communities may stimulate demand for health services. Significant...
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| author | Manandhar Dharma Manandhar Reema Thapa Rita Dahal Kunta Sen Aman Neupane Rishi Budhathoki Bharat Tumbahangphe Kirti Morrison Joanna Costello Anthony Osrin David |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Birth attendance by trained health workers is low in rural Nepal. Local participation in improving health services and increased interaction between health systems and communities may stimulate demand for health services. Significant increases in birth attendance by trained health workers may be affected through community mobilisation by local women's groups and health management committee strengthening. We will test the effect of community mobilisation through women's groups, and health management committee strengthening, on institutional deliveries and home deliveries attended by trained health workers in Makwanpur District.</p> <p>Design</p> <p>Cluster randomised controlled trial involving 43 village development committee clusters. 21 clusters will receive the intervention and 22 clusters will serve as control areas. In intervention areas, Female Community Health Volunteers are supported in convening monthly women's groups. The groups work through an action research cycle in which they consider barriers to institutional delivery, plan and implement strategies to address these barriers with their communities, and evaluate their progress. Health management committees participate in three-day workshops that use appreciative inquiry methods to explore and plan ways to improve maternal and newborn health services. Follow-up meetings are conducted every three months to review progress. Primary outcomes are institutional deliveries and home deliveries conducted by trained health workers. Secondary outcome measures include uptake of antenatal and postnatal care, neonatal mortality and stillbirth rates, and maternal morbidity.</p> <p>Trial registration number</p> <p><a href="http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN99834806">ISRCTN99834806</a></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57c12b84d453436aa01259362caefc122022-12-22T03:10:18ZengBMCTrials1745-62152011-05-0112112810.1186/1745-6215-12-128Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trialManandhar DharmaManandhar ReemaThapa RitaDahal KuntaSen AmanNeupane RishiBudhathoki BharatTumbahangphe KirtiMorrison JoannaCostello AnthonyOsrin David<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Birth attendance by trained health workers is low in rural Nepal. Local participation in improving health services and increased interaction between health systems and communities may stimulate demand for health services. Significant increases in birth attendance by trained health workers may be affected through community mobilisation by local women's groups and health management committee strengthening. We will test the effect of community mobilisation through women's groups, and health management committee strengthening, on institutional deliveries and home deliveries attended by trained health workers in Makwanpur District.</p> <p>Design</p> <p>Cluster randomised controlled trial involving 43 village development committee clusters. 21 clusters will receive the intervention and 22 clusters will serve as control areas. In intervention areas, Female Community Health Volunteers are supported in convening monthly women's groups. The groups work through an action research cycle in which they consider barriers to institutional delivery, plan and implement strategies to address these barriers with their communities, and evaluate their progress. Health management committees participate in three-day workshops that use appreciative inquiry methods to explore and plan ways to improve maternal and newborn health services. Follow-up meetings are conducted every three months to review progress. Primary outcomes are institutional deliveries and home deliveries conducted by trained health workers. Secondary outcome measures include uptake of antenatal and postnatal care, neonatal mortality and stillbirth rates, and maternal morbidity.</p> <p>Trial registration number</p> <p><a href="http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN99834806">ISRCTN99834806</a></p>http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/12/1/128 |
| spellingShingle | Manandhar Dharma Manandhar Reema Thapa Rita Dahal Kunta Sen Aman Neupane Rishi Budhathoki Bharat Tumbahangphe Kirti Morrison Joanna Costello Anthony Osrin David Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial Trials |
| title | Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial |
| title_full | Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial |
| title_fullStr | Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial |
| title_short | Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial |
| title_sort | community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural makwanpur nepal study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial |
| url | http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/12/1/128 |
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