SMART Health Pregnancy 2 - Intervention to Reduce Anaemia and Cardiometabolic Risk During Pregnancy and in the First Year Following Birth
Anemia of Pregnancy, Gestational Diabetes, Gestational Hypertension
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Anemia of Pregnancy focused on measuring Community Health Workers, mobile Health, Accredited Social Health Activist, Health Systems, Cardiometabolic diseases, Screening
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: For Primary health Centres: located in the selected districts provide pregnancy care chief doctor (or equivalent) agrees to participate For women >12 weeks pregnant Exclusion Criteria: women who plan to move away and not return to the same village for the next 12 months women unable to understand the local study language Women who do not give consent
Sites / Locations
- The George Institute for Global HealthRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
SMARThealth Pregnancy
Active Comparator: Usual Care
SMART Health Pregnancy is a complex intervention designed to be delivered on top of usual care. It comprises three parts: (i) A regular screening program focused on women's health during pregnancy and in the year following birth. (ii) An electronic decision support system (EDSS) (iii) An short messaging service (SMS) appointment reminder system
Usual antenatal and postnatal care. Women and health workers in the usual care clusters will not receive any additional support beyond that already offered under the local government programs