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NCT Number: NCT04039932

Faith Leaders Advocating for Maternal Empowerment (FLAME)

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Prenatal Care Maternal Health Services Perinatal Care

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Gondar

Gonder, Amhara, P.O. Box 126, Ethiopia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Pregnant women
  • Willing to receive intervention counseling

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Treatment and study plan

FLAME

Behavioral

The FLAME intervention trains pairs of faith leaders and community health workers and deploys them to conduct behavior change outreach in their communities.

Primary outcomes

  1. Facility delivery

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 18 months

    The proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel among the women who attended ≥1 ANC visits

Secondary outcomes

  1. Any ANC

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 18 months

    Number of women who attended ≥1 ANC visits

  2. Complete ANC

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 18 months

    Number of women who attended ANC 4

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Washington

Other

Collaborators

  • University of Gondar

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jul 31, 2019
Registry last updated
Oct 27, 2021

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