Impact of a community-based participatory intervention to improve essential newborn care (ENC) in rural Nepal: a randomised controlled trial

Conditions

Neonatal mortality Pregnancy and Childbirth Neonatal mortality

Victor Mukonka, Cephas Sialubanje, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Olusegun Babaniyi, Sarai Malumo et al. (7 authors)

PLoS ONE2024-03-114 citations

10.1371/journal.pone.0296001

121 Assessing nutritional and educational inclusion status of nepali children screening positive for disability and variation of prevalence at different thresholds of disability screening definition

Meghan A. Cupp, Ed Haworth, Anthony Costello, Logan Manikam, DS Manandhar et al. (7 authors)

Digital posters2018-12-01

10.1136/goshabs.121

Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for disability in a rural Nepali birth cohort.

Haworth EJN, Tumbahangphe KM, Costello A, Manandhar D, Adhikari D, Budhathoki B, Shrestha DK, Sagar K, Heys M.

2017-08-068 citations

10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000312

Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Manandhar DS, Osrin D, Shrestha BP, Mesko N, Morrison J, Tumbahangphe KM, Tamang S, Thapa S, Shrestha D, Thapa B, Shrestha JR, Wade A, Borghi J, Standing H, Manandhar M, Costello AM, Members of the MIRA Makwanpur trial team.

2004-09-01576 citations

10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17021-9

Interventions

12 local female facilitators work within VDCs in the Makwanpur District in Nepal to explore perinatal health issues, with one in each of the 12 intervention VDCs. Their role is to act as a change agen

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Married women aged 15 to 49 in 24 rural Village Development Committees (VDCs) in Makwanpur District, Nepal

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Neonatal mortality rate	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Stillbirths and maternal deaths 2. Uptake of antenatal and delivery services 3. Home care practices 4. Infant morbidity 5. Health-care seeking	—

Countries

Nepal

Outcome results

None listed