An interventional study of FLAME in Prenatal Care, Maternal Health Services and Perinatal Care, sponsored by University of Washington. Completed at 1 site in Ethiopia. Open to female participants, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-10-27.
Sponsored by University of Washington · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
In 2015, the average Ethiopian woman had a 1 in 64 lifetime risk of death due to complications of childbirth and 87,414 newborns died before their 28th day of life. Demand for MNCH services, however, remains low in Ethiopia's rural communities most at risk with only 16% of women delivering in a health facility.
The investigator's project responds to the challenge of creating demand for existing MNCH services in rural Ethiopia, which fell short of reaching Millennium Development Goal targets for reducing preventable maternal and neonatal deaths. This study addresses two strategic drivers to prevent maternal mortality identified by USAID including improving individual, household, and community behaviors and norms and increasing equity of access and use of services by the most vulnerable.
The primary objective of the study is to determine the impact of a behavior change intervention that partners Ethiopian Orthodox priests with members of the Health Development Army (HDA) and trains them to conduct maternal health outreach to increase births attended by skilled health personnel among women who attend ≥1 ANC visits.
University of Washington is the lead sponsor of 1,397 studies on the registry; 225 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Behavioral: FLAME
The FLAME intervention trains pairs of faith leaders and community health workers and deploys them to conduct behavior change outreach in their communities.
Facility delivery
The proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel among the women who attended ≥1 ANC visits
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 18 months
Any ANC
Number of women who attended ≥1 ANC visits
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 18 months
Complete ANC
Number of women who attended ANC 4
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 18 months
Plan to share: No
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