Status:

UNKNOWN

A Community Based Implementation of a Toolkit and Parenting Program for Improving Brain Development in Newborns

Lead Sponsor:

University of Manitoba

Collaborating Sponsors:

Grand Challenges Canada

Centre for Global Public Health Pakistan

Conditions:

Infant Development

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators propose to develop and test the efficacy of a low cost evidence based toolkit aimed at improving brain development among newborns a rural setting of Pakistan. The toolkit will includ...

Detailed Description

Intervention: Through this project, two intervention packages will be implemented. Firstly the toolkit will be provided to all 1080 pregnant women recruited in both the intervention and control arm o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Those pregnant women who are starting the second trimester of their pregnancy;
  • Those women who will continue to live in the community/village during the pregnancy period and until one year postpartum.

Exclusion

  • Those pregnant women who appear to be, in the link worker's judgment, incapable of understanding the information provided about the study (e.g., mentally incapacitated, cognitively impaired etc.)
  • Not willing to participate in the study/unwilling to provide informed consent or the consent of their family.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

1080 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02290756

Start Date

January 1 2015

End Date

September 1 2016

Last Update

December 2 2015

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Center for Global Public Health

Islamabad, Pakistan, 44000