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Development of Kangaroo Mother Care Package for Low Birth Weight and Preterm Infants in a Community

Formative Research to Develop an Intervention Package for Promotion of Kangaroo Mother Care for Low Birth Weight and Preterm Infants in a Community: In Preparation for a Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine Impact of Community Kangaroo Mother Care on Neonatal and Early Infant Mortality - CKMC

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2015/10/006267
Enrollment
20
Registered
2015-10-15
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Formative Research: The intervention comprises of SSC and EBF. It will be designed based on the findings of the FGDs, IDIs and observations and refined after the household trials and pi

Sponsors

Centre for Health Research and Development Society for Applied Studies
Lead Sponsor
Dr Sunita Taneja
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Newborns: Low birth weight or Preterm

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Babies with hospitalization criteria, unable to feed or weigh <1500 grams at birth

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To determine whether community KMC is feasible to implement in the study setting and if so, can high enough adoption rates be achieved. To define an intervention package, including the most effective way(s) to promote KMC in the study setting Timepoint: End study—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To ascertain awareness and perceptions around Kangaroo Mother CareTimepoint: Throughout the study period;To ascertain perceptions, beliefs and practices around pregnancy, delivery and maternal and newborn careTimepoint: Throughout the study period;To identify social norms around birthing practices for normal, LBW infants and pretermsTimepoint: Throughout the study period;To identify ways to promote Kangaroo Mother Care in the communityTimepoint: Throughout the study period—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSarmila Mazumder

Centre for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies

CHRD@sas.org.in011-46043751-55

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 7, 2026