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The TracTOR (Tracking and Tracing Operations Research) Study -- Zimbabwe

NCT02552693 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 946

Last updated 2017-01-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of an enhanced package of support for activities described in the "Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Patient Tracing in Health Facilities in Zimbabwe". This package is intended to increase the effectiveness of active patient tracing activities by developing tools, providing mentorship and implementing systematic review of processes to improve communication, coordination, and supervision between community health workers and facility-based staff.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Enhanced training, supervision and support

The intervention includes the following activities: Conduct of pre-intervention facility audits; Cross-verification of appointment diaries with facility attendance records; Development and implementation of job aids and tools; Provides supplemental training and technical support to focal facility point (FFP) and other staff, and community health workers (CHWs); Improves coordination, supervision and reporting systems at the health facilities.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Population Council

    collaborator OTHER

  • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Godfrey B Woelk, PhD · Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Zimbabwe

Study Locations

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