HCU: Can VHVs Trained in ICCM Improve Care for Children

This study will assess how the current VHV (VHV=CHW, community health worker) scope can be expanded to include iCCM and if such group interventions can provide improved access to treatment for children.

In rural SW Uganda, can iCCM provided by lay volunteers, increase the proportion of children with diarrhoea receiving ORS/Zn, ARI receiving anti-biotics, and fever/malaria receiving anti-malarials?

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Key information

Conditions

Diarrhoea Diarrhea Infections Lung Diseases Malaria Mosquito-Borne Diseases Parasitic Diseases Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pneumonia Protozoan Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Digestive Vector Borne Diseases

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Women living in intervention and comparison villages
Mother to at least one child under 59 months old

Exclusion criteria

-No living child

Treatment and study plan

Training of VHVs in iCCM

Other

Village Health Volunteers will be trained in Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of childhood illness

Primary outcomes

Absolute change pre/post intervention (VHV ICCM training) in proportion of U5s receiving (a) antimalarial for fever (b) ORS/Zn for diarrhea (c) Abx for pneumonia

Time frame: pre- (Dec 2010) post- (Dec 2012) intervention (2 years)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Calgary

Other

Collaborators

Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Registry information

Official study title

Healthy Child Uganda: Can Village Health Volunteers Trained in Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illness Improve Access to Care for Africa's Most Vulnerable Children?

Acronym: HCU:VHV/ICCM

Important dates

Study start: 2009
Primary completion: 2012
Study completion: 2012
First posted: Feb 26, 2014
Registry last updated: Feb 26, 2014

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