Clinical trials: Maternal Health Services
Contraception, Contraception Behavior
SihatMand Khandaan Healthy Families for Pakistan
The SMK project's primary goal is to improve the status of SRH of women and adolescents within those targeted areas which feature inadequate progress on existing SRH indicators.
- Conditions
- Contraception, Contraception Behavior, Reproductive Behavior, Maternal Behavior
- Trial name
- SMK (NCT06125470)
- Testing
- Uptake of quality Reproductive health and Family planning products, information and Services, Capacity building of facility based and community based healthcare providers (public and private sector) on FP /SRH, Adolescent Engagement
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 236,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Competencies of Midwives, Cost-benefit Analysis of Modular Training
Effect of Skill Birth Attendant Training to Improve the Competency of Service Providers
This clinical trial's primary goal is to compare birth attendants' competencies. It aims to answer the questions: Does the new modular training package enhance the competencies of skilled birth attendants? Does the competencies…
- Trial name
- NCT05866016
- Testing
- Skill birth attendant training
- Where
- 2 sites in Nepal
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Health Gandaki Province, Nepal
Infant Mortality, Infant Death
Today Not Tomorrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program (TNT- PISP)
This pilot project aims to implement and investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a unique community based prenatal care and support model for African American women and infants in Dane County.
- Conditions
- Infant Mortality, Infant Death, Racial Bias, Prenatal Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04100577
- Testing
- Today Not Tomorrrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Maternal Stress, Maternal Anxiety
Feasibility of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback With In-patient Pregnant Women
Purpose: The investigators plan a feasibility study on an easily disseminated biofeedback tool to reduce stress among hospitalized and expecting mothers.
- Conditions
- Maternal Stress, Maternal Anxiety, Maternal Health Services
- Trial name
- NCT02119936
- Testing
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV, Pregnancy
Trial to Improve Access to PMTCT Services and Reduce HIV Transmission From Mother to Child
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of an enhanced community health worker (CHW) intervention and outreach system to improve antenatal care and PMTCT…
- Trial name
- FS (NCT01932138)
- Testing
- Enhanced CHW intervention, Standard of care
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 190,530 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Maternal Nutrition
Integrating MIYCN Counseling in Urban Health Services
The study will use a quasi-experimental design to examine the feasibility of standardizing MIYCN counseling services in existing health facilities to improve the quality of MIYCN services.
- Trial name
- NCT03882268
- Testing
- MIYCN interventions
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 4,128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Maternal Care Patterns
Effectiveness and Acceptability of Availing Skilled Birth Attendance (SBA) Services Through Community Reproductive Health Nurses (CORN) to a Household Level at Rural Communities of Ethiopia; A Cluster Community Trial in Gedeo Zone, SNNPR
Rationale: Every year, 287,00 million women, and 3.1 million neonates continue to die, and the majority of these deaths have been identified as being avoidable.
- Trial name
- CORN (NCT02501252)
- Testing
- trained midwives and nurses working in the community to provide skilled SBA services
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 2,670 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dilla University
Pregnancy, HIV
Management and Optimization of Nutrition, Antenatal, Reproductive, Child Health & HIV Care
This study evaluates the impact of a quality improvement (QI) intervention on maternal and child healthcare services in seven primary healthcare (PHC) clinics, in a rural setting of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Trial name
- MONARCH (NCT02626351)
- Testing
- Quality Improvement, Baseline data collection (active comparator)
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 3,172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu
Maternal and Child Health
An Innovative Mobile Technology Intervention for Maternal and Child Health Care in Cambodia
The Innovative Mobile Technology for Maternal and Child Health Care (i-MoMCARE) project is a digital health intervention aiming to increase the coverage of and access to maternal and child health (MCH) services for pregnant women…
- Trial name
- i-MoMCARE (NCT05639595)
- Testing
- Web interface for health center staff and mobile application on smart phones for village health volunteers
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Digital Health, Maternal Health Services
The Effect of Digitally Enabled District (DED 2.0) Ecosystem on the Completeness and Timeliness of Maternal and Neonatal Services in Primary Health Care
DED 2.0 is a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial testing whether an integrated digital health ecosystem (KuApps, a service-monitoring dashboard, AI-assisted OCR for handwritten records, two-way WhatsApp-based health…
- Conditions
- Digital Health, Maternal Health Services, Prenatal Care, Intensive Care, Neonatal
- Trial name
- DED (NCT07842224)
- Testing
- Digitally Enabled District (DED)
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 10,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Summit Institute for Development, Indonesia
Postpartum Period
Involving Men in Maternity Care in Burkina Faso
The uptake of postpartum contraception, postpartum care attendance and the practice of exclusive breastfeeding are low in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Trial name
- NCT02309489
- Testing
- Partner involvement
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 1,144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Maternal Health, Family Planning
Quality Improvement Project for Maternal Health and Family Planning Services in Kenya
Evaluation of a quality improvement (QI) collaborative aimed at improving person-centered care (PCC) for maternal health (MH) and family planning (FP) services
- Conditions
- Maternal Health, Family Planning, Delivery
- Trial name
- SPARQ_QIK (NCT04208191)
- Testing
- Quality Improvement Collaborative
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 3,354 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Prenatal Care, Food Insecurity
Impact of Food Insecurity on Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services and Birth Outcomes in Slums in Pune, India
The goal of this observational study is to assess household food insecurity among slum-dwelling women in India and to explore if household food insecurity is associated with utilization of maternal healthcare services, birth…
- Conditions
- Prenatal Care, Food Insecurity, Pregnancy Outcome
- Trial name
- MCH (NCT06313112)
- Testing
- Observational study
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute
Maternal Health Care, Myanmar
Men in Maternity Health (MiM) in Myanmar
World Health Organization integrated husband involvement into reproductive health programs to carry out safe motherhood successfully and therefore it has been encouraged as a new strategy to improve maternal health since 2000.
- Conditions
- Maternal Health Care, Myanmar, Men in Maternity Health, Male Partner
- Trial name
- NCT06451653
- Testing
- Men in Maternity Health (MiM) Intervention
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Feasibility, Acceptability of Health Care
Introduction of Preconception Care Through Public Health System for Improving MNCH&FP
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of introducing preconception care into the public health system targeting newlywed couples in increasing the uptake of maternal, neonatal health, and family…
- Trial name
- MNCH&FP (NCT06175520)
- Testing
- Preconception care (PCC)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Expectant and Nursing Mother, Communication
Barrier-free Communication in Maternity Care of Allophone Migrants
The aim of this study is to describe access and communication barriers of migrant women who do not speak the local language in the Swiss maternity care service provision from the perspective of users, health care professionals…
- Conditions
- Expectant and Nursing Mother, Communication, Experiences
- Trial name
- BRIDGE (NCT02695316)
- Testing
- Focus Group Discussion in native Language, Focus Group Discussion, One-to-one Interview
- Where
- 6 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bern University of Applied Sciences
Maternal Health, Delivery
Quality Improvement Project for Reproductive Health Services in India, Phase 1
Evaluation of a quality improvement (QI) collaborative aimed at improving person-centered care (PCC) for reproductive health (RH) services.
- Conditions
- Maternal Health, Delivery, Reproductive Health
- Trial name
- SPARQ_QII1 (NCT04208867)
- Testing
- QI Collaborative
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 2,989 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Anemia, Undernutrition
Maternal Nutrition Interventions in Uttar Pradesh, India
Maternal nutrition has been a long-standing concern of health authorities globally and in India. Despite the availability of proven, affordable interventions, and progressive policies and program platforms such as Maternal…
- Conditions
- Anemia, Undernutrition, Underweight, Stunting
- Trial name
- NCT03378141
- Testing
- Maternal Nutrition Behavior change
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Maternal Health, Child Health
Assessing the Impact of Mobile Phone Technology to Improve Health Nutrition and Population (HNP) Service Utilization in Rural Bangladesh Through Pilot Intervention
1. Burden: In global perspective, it is estimated that the lives of 150,000 women could be saved each year worldwide with access to sufficient family planning services.
- Conditions
- Maternal Health, Child Health, Vaccination, Family Planning Services
- Trial name
- NCT03189004
- Testing
- Impact of Mobile Phone Technology to Improve Health Nutrition and Population (HNP) Service Utilization in Rural Bangladesh
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Maternal-Child Health Services, Health Service Utilization
Integrated Community Based Health Systems Strengthening Preliminary Study in Kozah Togo
This preliminary study aims to inform the design and delivery of the integrated facility and community-based health systems strengthening (ICBHSS) model in four Kozah District health facilities over a period of 48 months.
- Trial name
- ICBHSS-Kozah (NCT03773913)
- Testing
- ICBHSS model
- Where
- Togo
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Integrate Health