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Study NCT ID: NCT00198887
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2007-07-06
First Post: 2005-09-12

Brief Title: Operations Research to Improve Newborn Health
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Organization: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Overview

Official Title: Operations Research to Improve Newborn Health and Survival in the INHP-II Area of CAREIndia
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2007-07
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This study is designed to look at how operations are carried out in relation to improving the health and survival of newborn babies in India
Detailed Description: The proposed study aims to evaluate the impact of a basic package of obstetric and neonatal care practices implemented by CARE-India as part of their ten-year two-phase Integrated Nutrition and Health Program INHP Building on the lessons learned from the Integrated Nutrition and Health Project I INHP I in seven Indian states during 1996-2001 CARE-India has designed INHP II which focuses on six technical interventions CARE-India aims to implement this program in 100000 villages across eight states of India by the year 2006 One of the technical interventions is a focused package of newborn care to be implemented at the community level to improve the health and survival of the newborns including improvements in care-seeking for maternal and newborn conditions The services and behaviors promoted include

1 antenatal care
2 iron-folate supplementation
3 tetanus toxoid vaccination
4 maternal nutrition and rest
5 birth planning
6 essential newborn care
7 immediate and exclusive breastfeeding
8 prevention of hypothermia
9 aseptic cord care and
10 identification and referral of cases with danger signs for both pregnancydelivery complications and newborn conditions

The services are provided by first-line community-based health workers

CARE-India invited Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health JHBSPH to help evaluate their newborn program in an operations research mode JHBSPHs role is limited to assisting CARE with the design and evaluation of newborn intervention

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None