HCU: Can VHVs Trained in ICCM Improve Care for Children

N/ACompletedNCT02072629

University of Calgary4,071 enrolled

Overview

This study will assess how the current VHV (VHV=CHW, community health worker) scope can be expanded to include iCCM and if such group interventions can provide improved access to treatment for children. In rural SW Uganda, can iCCM provided by lay volunteers, increase the proportion of children with diarrhoea receiving ORS/Zn, ARI receiving anti-biotics, and fever/malaria receiving anti-malarials?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

4,071

Conditions

Diarrhoea Pneumonia Malaria

Interventions

Training of VHVs in iCCMOTHER

Village Health Volunteers will be trained in Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of childhood illness

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Women living in intervention and comparison villages * Mother to at least one child under 59 months old Exclusion Criteria: -No living child

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Absolute change pre/post intervention (VHV ICCM training) in proportion of U5s receiving (a) antimalarial for fever (b) ORS/Zn for diarrhea (c) Abx for pneumonia

Time frame: pre- (Dec 2010) post- (Dec 2012) intervention (2 years)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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