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Study of Effect of Microfinance on Under 5 Health in Rural India

NCT01845545 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2469

Last updated 2017-02-13

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Summary

Investigators propose a feasibility and pilot study for a cluster randomised controlled trial. The proposed trial will evaluate the effects of an economic intervention (microfinance) in self-help groups of poor and marginalised women in three provinces in northern India, upon the health of these communities, with a focus on children under five years. This feasibility and pilot study will determine whether accurate data can be collected on mortality by means of a house to house survey or from the register of births and deaths. The feasibility stage will also determine whether village volunteers can accurately weigh children under five and record their weights alongside the financial data already recorded by the self-help group. If these data are accurate and can be collected reliably, the investigators will calculate the power and sample size needed for a future cluster randomised trial, as well as analysing preliminary results from the current project. The investigators will evaluate health outcomes, relating to two Millennium Development Goals: number of children under five years of age who are underweight and the under five mortality rate.

Conditions

  • Underweight
  • Malnutrition

Interventions

OTHER

Early provision of microfinance

The CPSL staff will support the formation of the self-help groups from the start of the study. The women in this group will have access to microfinance from the first 18 months of the study and will be eligible for emergency loans (up to Rs3000) and general purpose loans, (Rs50-3000) after 3-6 months of starting the self-help group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nottingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alan Smyth · University of Nottingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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