Home Based Child Care to Reduce Mortality and Malnutrition in Tribal Children of Melghat, India: CRCT (HBCC)
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections, Diarrhea, Malaria
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections focused on measuring home based child care
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- All births and deaths in the village or catering hospital were included in the study.
- All under 5 children in the villages were included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- All births and deaths outside the village were excluded from the study.
Sites / Locations
- MAHAN Trust, Melghat (Dharni)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Home based child care
control
The home based child care included treatment of various various childhood illnessed by locally avialable trained village health workers, improving hygiene and nutrition among children and women throgh health education. This care was in adiition to the local health care provided by the Government's primary health care services.
The control arm included population where the home based neonatal care was not implimented. The health services were provided by the Government run primary health care services. Vital statistics data was collected by VHWs.