An interventional study of Health workers training on GMP guideline and Female community health volunteers' mobilization for inviting mothers and caretakers in Malnourished Children, sponsored by Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Nepal. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-19.
Sponsored by Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Screening
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if health workers training on growth promotion and monitoring guideline and Female Community Health Volunteers mobilization for increasing demand for growth monitoring and promotion, GMP through growth monitoring and promotion day, GMP day) can enhance the growth monitoring and promotion practices in mothers and caretaker having under two years children. The main questions it aims to answer are:
For addressing the problem of malnutrition in the municipality, determinants of the problem have been identified through CFIR framework. Based on the identified facilitator and barriers, two strategies have been developed for solving the problem of the municipality- (a) health workers training on latest GMP guideline to update the knowledge and skills of the service providers (b) For increasing demand generation, inviting mothers and caretakers having under two years children
Objectives General Objective
● To assess the implementation outcomes of Health workers Training on GMP guidelines and FCHV mobilization for increasing demand of Growth monitoring and Promotion through GMP day.
Specific Objectives
To assess the effectiveness of interventions- Health workers Training on GMP guideline and FCHV mobilization for increasing demand of Growth monitoring and Promotion through GMP day by average number of GMP visits.
Study site and its justification:
The study site will be Joshipur rural municipality, Kailali. There are seven wards in Joshipur Rural Municipality, in which a total of six health facilities are providing services in the Municipality. Average growth monitoring visit of the municipality was only 8 visits per child out of 24 visits per child (who have completed two years) in the fiscal year 2079/80 BS (2022 AD). The practice of growth monitoring was only 43% in the fiscal year 2079/80 BS (2022 AD). (HMIS)
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For Health Workers:
For Female Community Health Volunteers 1. Active for inviting mothers and caretakers of the municipality
For Mothers and caretakers having under two years children
Exclusion Criteria:
Who not available during the time of data collection
Health workers will receive Training on GMP guideline, while FCHV will be mobilized for inviting mothers and caretakers having under two years children.
Other: Health workers training on GMP guideline · Other: Female community health volunteers' mobilization for inviting mothers and caretakers
One day training will be conducted to health workers on updated GMP guideline for the health workers primarily engaged in Growth monitoring and promotion of the children.
Female community health volunteers will be mobilized for inviting mothers and caretakers for two consecutive months for enhancing GMP practices in the municipality
Acceptability of Health Workers Training using key informant interview
Acceptability includes the attitude and perception of health workers regarding Health workers training and satisfaction level of health workers attending Health workers training on GMP guidelines. For which, a qualitative method (KII) with health workers using KII guideline will be employed for information collection among the health workers attending the health worker's Training
Time frame: At three months
Appropriateness of Health workers Training using Key informant interview
Appropriateness is defined as Health workers training suitable for the cultural, social and economic context of Joshipur rural municipality and alignment of Health workers training to the needs and preferences of the health workers. For which, Key Informant Interview using KII guideline will be employed for information collection
Time frame: At three months
Feasibility of Health workers Training
Feasibility includes practicality and ease of attending health workers training and availability of resources. For which information will be collected from health workers through Key Informant Interview using KII guideline.
Time frame: At three months
Fidelity to GMP steps assed through observing HMIS register
Fidelity to GMP steps refers to evaluating the extent to which health workers adhere to the steps of GMP. It will be assessed by observing at the nutrition register by health workers as recoded of the steps conducted for growth monitoring and Promotion.
Time frame: At three months
Acceptability of GMP day
Acceptability includes the attitude and perception of mothers and caretakers regarding Growth monitoring and Promotion Day . For which, qualitative method (Focus group discussion, FGD using FGD guideline, In-depth Interview, IDI using IDI guideline) will be employed for information collection.
Time frame: At three months
Appropriateness of GMP day
Appropriateness includes the alignment of the Growth monitoring and Promotion Day with the needs and preferences of the target population. For which Qualitative method will be employed for information collection.
Time frame: At three months
Feasibility of GMP day to health workers using key informant interview
Feasibility includes practicality and ease of implementing GMP day from health workers in the health facility which will be assessed using Key informant interview with health workers using KII guideline.
Time frame: At three months
Plan to share: No
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Start is estimated for Dec 2024; primary completion for Aug 2025, 8 months later.
Of 392 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Malnutrition, half reached primary completion within 21 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 37. This study's planned 8 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 418 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 37.
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