HCU: Can VHVs Trained in ICCM Improve Care for Children

Healthy Child Uganda: Can Village Health Volunteers Trained in Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illness Improve Access to Care for Africa's Most Vulnerable Children?

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02072629

Acronym

HCU:VHV/ICCM

Enrollment

4071

Registered

2014-02-26

Start date

2009-11-30

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2014-02-26

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Conditions

Diarrhoea, Malaria, Pneumonia

Keywords

Antimalarials, Antibiotics, ORS Zn, Village Health Volunteers, Integrated Community Case Management

Brief summary

This study will assess how the current VHV (VHV=CHW, community health worker) scope can be expanded to include iCCM and if such group interventions can provide improved access to treatment for children. In rural SW Uganda, can iCCM provided by lay volunteers, increase the proportion of children with diarrhoea receiving ORS/Zn, ARI receiving anti-biotics, and fever/malaria receiving anti-malarials?

Interventions

OTHERTraining of VHVs in iCCM

Village Health Volunteers will be trained in Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of childhood illness

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Women living in intervention and comparison villages * Mother to at least one child under 59 months old

Exclusion criteria

-No living child

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Absolute change pre/post intervention (VHV ICCM training) in proportion of U5s receiving (a) antimalarial for fever (b) ORS/Zn for diarrhea (c) Abx for pneumonia	pre- (Dec 2010) post- (Dec 2012) intervention (2 years)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026