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Effectiveness of Village Health Volunteers/Workers Working As Male-Female Pairs on Women's Use of Postnatal Care Services in Sepone District in Lao People's Democratic Republic: a Protocol for a Quasi-experimental Cluster Study
Led by University of the Ryukyus · Updated on 2024-10-28
302
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
104 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
This research aims to evaluate how male-female pairs of Village Health Volunteers/Workers (VHV/Ws) affect women's attendance at a second postnatal care (PNC) visit in rural areas of Sepone, Lao PDR. The study compares villages where VHV/Ws work in pairs to those where they work individually, focusing on the postpartum care of women who have recently given birth. It is designed as a quasi-experimental cluster study conducted between July 2024 and October 2026. The study involves 37 selected villages from two districts. In 19 villages of Sepone district, female-male pairs of VHV/Ws will promote postpartum services, while in 18 control villages of Vilabuly district, VHV/Ws will operate individually without pairing. The intervention consists of behavioral promotion activities by these paired community health workers to encourage maternal and child health service use. Participants will be women aged 15 to 49 years who have given birth within six weeks to twelve months before the baseline and end-line surveys. Researchers will measure the uptake of the second postnatal care visit six weeks after delivery as the main outcome, along with the length of facility-based postpartum stay. The study includes double masking, and participants will be monitored through surveys assessing their use of postpartum services during the study period.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Can Village Health Volunteers/Workers Working As Male-Female Pairs Improve the Use of Postnatal Care Services in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Women who gave birth within six weeks and twelve months before the study's baseline and end-line surveys
You will not qualify if you...
- Women whose births resulted in a loss
- Women who do not consent to participate in the surveys
- Women who face a language barrier with surveyors will not be enrolled
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Your Study Journey
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
Duration - Up to 6 weeks after delivery
Participants receive support from paired male-female community health workers to promote maternal and child health services.
1 to 2 visits depending on postnatal care schedule
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Sepon and Vilabouly districts
Savannakhet, Laos
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Research Team
C
Credo Ahissou, PhD
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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