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To scale up appropriate pneumonia treatment in children under 5 years of age

Implementation research to promote treatment of pneumonia in under-five children in a north Indian district to achieve high population-based coverage

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/03/031622
Enrollment
120
Registered
2021-03-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-01-22

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: J189- Pneumonia, unspecified organism

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Centre for Health Research and Development Society for Applied Studies
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children aged 0 day to 59 months with symptoms of pneumonia residing in the catchment area

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: – Non consent to participation - Children with hypoxemia and danger signs

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To promote pneumonia treatment in under-five children to achieve high and effective population-based coverage, defined as 80% or more under-five children in the defined study area, receiving the full course of pneumonia treatment, as recommended in Government of India Childhood Pneumonia Management Guidelines in under-five children.Timepoint: Baseline, and End-line

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To ascertain knowledge, perception and experiences of health facility staff, community health workers and beneficiaries, around implementation of pneumonia management.Timepoint: Endline;To ascertain knowledge, perception and experiences of health facility staff, community health workers and beneficiaries, around implementation of pneumonia management To document the duration of stay and treatment received in the in-patient department of the hospitals in children who accepted hospital referral.Timepoint: Study end point;To assess the proportion of children who recovered after 7 days of treatment To assess the proportion of children with treatment failure To assess the compliance to pneumonia treatment among the under-five children who receive the treatment. To assess the proportion of children who complied with hospital referral as recommended in the guidelines Timepoint: 0 to 14 days of treatment;To promote care seeking and treatment of pneumonia in the girl child in the context of “Save the girl child ? (Beti Bachao) programme of the government.Timepoint: Cross-sectional surveys

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Barsha Gadapani Pathak

Department of Health, Haryana

dghsprog@gmail.com0172-2590629

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 18, 2026