NCT03368885

Evaluation of Integrating MIYCN Interventions in Existing CGPP of PCI

Evaluation of Integrating Selected MIYCN Interventions in Existing Polio Eradication Platform of Project Concern International (PCI) in UP

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,590 (actual)
• Sponsor: FHI 360 · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15 Years – 49 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study has two arms; both experimental and control areas will receive standard interventions given under polio eradication program of PCI. Participants in the experimental arm receive additional interventions on nutrition (improve diet diversity in pregnant women and children of 6-23 months) for exact 12 months. The study includes awareness generation (regarding nutrition) through community mobilization, counseling and capacity building of community mobilization.

Detailed description

The experimental arm will receive the following interventions: 1. Interpersonal communication (IPC) to reach target women (Women in their 2nd or 3rd trimester of pregnancy and women with 6-23 months old child) to deliver messages on maternal nutrition package and complementary feeding through home visits made by Community Mobilization Coordinator (CMC). 2. Expanded community mobilization involving key influencers in family like husbands and mothers -in-law and community opinion leaders, religious leaders, Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee (VHSNC) members. The aims are to improve awareness, shift norms and perceptions, engage husbands and local opinion leaders to promote healthy behaviour practices related to maternal nutrition and complementary feeding. 3. Strategic use of data to design a context-specific program and track the progress of the program with regards to impact on social norms and behaviors at household/community level and demonstrate the feasibility of integrating select MIYCN interventions in polio eradication platforms. 4. Convergence: The convergence will mainly focus on three Cs - maintain consistency, avoid conflict and enhance cooperation. This will aid in passing consistent MIYCN messages to the target community and ensure effective teamwork, collaboration and mutual support

Conditions

• Polio

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Maternal dietary diversity	Counsel pregnant women for proper dietary intake and create awareness among family members and community to support her on maternal nutrition
OTHER	Diet diversity in complementary feeding	Counsel mothers of children of 6-23 months on diet diversity in complementary feeding by demonstration during home-visits and seek support from father and family members
OTHER	Exclusive Breast Feeding	Counselling on exclusive breast feeding among children under 6 months-Provide information to mothers of children of 3-6 months for exclusive breast feeding through home visits, and mothers meetings
OTHER	Community mobilization	Engagement of local/religious leader, husbands to support diet diversity for pregnant women and doctors and fathers to support diet diversity for complementary feeding
OTHER	Capacity Building	Capacity Building-Training of Community mobilization coordinator and mentoring for knowledge enhancement on nutrition for pregnant women and children below 2 years
OTHER	Use of existing platforms VHSND	Convergence- Strengthen Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Day for creating awareness on diet diversity for maternal nutrition and complementary feeding
OTHER	Strategic use of data	Strategic use of data-Data analysis for concurrent monitoring,planning and decision making to improve the performance of CMCs

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-24
• Completion: 2018-12-24
• First posted: 2017-12-11
• Last updated: 2019-05-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India