The effect of womens' groups facilitated by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) on birth outcomes in Eastern India

Community mobilisation with participatory womens? groups facilitated by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to improve maternal and newborn health in underserved areas of Jharkhand and Orissa (India): a cluster randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN31567106

Enrollment

6000

Registered

2011-06-15

Start date

2010-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-01-08

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Conditions

Maternal and Child Health Pregnancy and Childbirth Neonatal mortality

Interventions

. Participation in learning action cycle with women?s groups 2. In each intervention cluster, trained and incentivised Accredited Social Health Activists and convene women?s groups 3. ASHAs are govern

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Women who give birth in 30 geographic clusters during the study period 2. Women and their newborn infants are included after birth, or, if a woman dies during pregnancy, at her death.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Women who decline to be interviewed 2. Women who have migrated out of the study areas (classified as those who cannot be traced 9 months after a birth or death identification)

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. Maternal mortality ratio 4. Pregnancy related mortality 5. Health care seeking 6. Home care practices	—

Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 28, 2026