Effect of Information on Service Delivery in Rural India

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Johns Hopkins University World Bank Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra
Information provided by:	Johns Hopkins University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00421291

Purpose

A lack of public awareness about entitled health and social services may contribute to poor delivery of services in developing countries. We sought to determine the impact of educating villagers about entitled services.

Condition	Intervention
Delivery of Services to Rural Populations in India	Behavioral: Education

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:

Interventional

Study Design:

Health Services Research, Randomized, Single Blind, Placebo Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study

Further study details as provided by Johns Hopkins University:

Primary Outcome Measures:

visits by nurse midwife
prenatal exams, tetanus vaccinations, & iron tablets received by pregnant women
infant vaccinations
educational scholarships and fees for children
occurrence of village council meetings
development work in villages

Study Start Date:

April 2004

Estimated Study Completion Date:

October 2005

Detailed Description:

105 gram panchayats (village clusters) were randomized to receive information about their guaranteed health, education, and village governance rights. We then selected households within each treatment and control village to assess whether the information had made an impact.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Gram panchayats in Uttar Pradesh

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00421291

Locations

India, Uttar Pradesh
No facility, this is a community based trial
multiple villages, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sponsors and Collaborators

Johns Hopkins University

World Bank

Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Priyanka Pandey, PhD

World Bank

More Information

Publications indexed to this study:

Pandey P, Sehgal AR, Riboud M, Levine D, Goyal M. Informing resource-poor populations and the delivery of entitled health and social services in rural India: a cluster randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2007 Oct 24;298(16):1867-75.

Study ID Numbers:

NA_00001063

First Received:

January 9, 2007

Last Updated:

January 9, 2007

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00421291

Health Authority:

United States: Institutional Review Board

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 07, 2009