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Improving the Quality of Care for Children With Acute Malnutrition in Uganda

NCT03044548 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 700

Last updated 2017-02-07

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Summary

This is a cluster RCT in 6 health centres in Uganda, testing supportive supervision to improve health outcomes and quality of care of children with malnutrition

Conditions

  • Malnutrition, Child

Interventions

OTHER

Supportive supervision

" Supportive supervision". The specific characteristics of the supportive supervision as intended in this project are outlined below. Frequency: Biweekly in the first 3-5 months, than monthly. Duration: approximately 2 hours in each HC at each visit. Provider: local staff (nutritionist, DHO) trained in integrated management acute malnutrition (IMAM) guidelines and in methods of " supportive supervision". Receivers: nurses working at HC level with children with malnutrition. Reference guidelines: • Current National IMAM guidelines Attitude and philosophy: • Participatory peer-to-peer model based on the Plan - Do- Study- Act quality improvement (QI) Cycle .

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • CUAMM Doctors for Africa

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • WHO Collaborating Centre for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marzia Lazzerini, PhD · WHO CC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
60 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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