Maternal and Child Health Pregnancy and Childbirth Neonatal mortality and maternal health
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention is a participatory learning action cycle with women?s groups. In each intervention cluster, facilitators convene women?s groups that meet on a monthly basis. The participatory learnin
Sponsors
University College London (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Women, living in the study area, who are permanent residents in the union in which their delivery or their death was identified. 2. Women and their newborn infants are included after birth, or, if a woman dies during pregnancy, after her death.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Women who are temporary residents in the union in which their delivery or death was identified 2. Women who decline to be interviewed 3. Women who reside outside the study area
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Neonatal mortality (deaths in the first 28 complete days after birth per 1,000 live births), during the last 24 months of the study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Early and late neonatal mortality rate 2. Stillbirth rate 3. Pregnancy-related mortality ratio and maternal mortality ratio 4. Health care use 5. Home care practices | — |
Countries
Bangladesh
Outcome results
None listed