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Effect of Referral Card on Neonatal Medical Care Seeking for Institutional Births in Urban Lucknow

NCT00832143 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1020

Last updated 2009-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Neonatal mortality rate in Uttar Pradesh, Northern India is 53.6 per thousand, and accounts for 8% of global neonatal deaths.It has been argued that prompt and appropriate care-seeking for sick neonates can substantially reduce neonatal mortality. This pre and post intervention trial was done to assess the impact of a pictorial "Neonatal referral Card" and one-to-one counseling of mothers on the qualified medical care-seeking behavior for sick neonates in urban Lucknow.

The study hypothesis was that the counseling on danger signs along with neonatal referral card has no impact on availing services of a qualified medical practitioner by caregivers of sick neonates.

Conditions

  • Neonatal Morbidity
  • Neonatal Illnesses

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Referral Card with one-to-one counseling

A Referral Card (Neonatal Well-Being Card) along with one-to-one counseling to mothers within 48 hours of institutional delivery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Indian Council of Medical Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • King George's Medical University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
4 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-06-30
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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