Prenatal Care Program in Dingyuan County (EPCP)
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Purpose
The general objective of this study is to evaluate prenatal care in the specific context of rural China. It also aims to define the optimal content of prenatal care for the context of rural China, to evaluate the effect of such prenatal care on infant and maternal outcomes, using a community based, well designed controlled trial in rural counties. Finally, it aims to describe the process of conducting a controlled study using community resources.
| Condition | Intervention |
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Prenatal Care |
Behavioral: training |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Health Services Research |
| Official Title: | Evaluation of Prenatal Care Program in Rural China |
- perinatal mortality [ Time Frame: Jan 1999-Dec 2003 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- timing and frequency of prenatal care and hospital delivery rate [ Time Frame: Jan 1999-Dec 2003 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
| Enrollment: | 5000 |
| Study Start Date: | August 2000 |
| Study Completion Date: | March 2003 |
| Primary Completion Date: | March 2003 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
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Experimental: experimental
The intervention consisted of 1) training township midwives, 2) informing women and men in the community of the importance of prenatal care, 3) providing intervention township hospitals with basic medical instruments used in prenatal care (i.e. blood pressure monitors, weighing scales for mothers and newborns, stethoscopes). For control ,none of the intervention will be given.
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Behavioral: training
The intervention consisted of 1) training township midwives, 2) informing women and men in the community of the importance of prenatal care, 3) providing intervention township hospitals with basic medical instruments used in prenatal care (i.e. blood pressure monitors, weighing scales for mothers and newborns, stethoscopes).
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Detailed Description:
The study was conducted in a rural county of 900,000 people in Anhui province, in eastern China. The total area of the county is almost 3,000 square kilometres. The majority of the population of the county is engaged in farming. In terms of national GDP rankings, the study county is typical of less developed rural areas in China. Twenty townships (10 interventions and 10 control) out of a total of 55 were selected — on the basis of having sufficient health facilities and staff — for a controlled trial on the introduction of systematic prenatal care in the area.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- pregnant woman in program area (in 20 townships) from August 2000 to March 2003
Exclusion Criteria:
- outsiders of program area
Contacts and Locations| China, Anhui | |
| County Health Bureau, Ding Yuan County | |
| Chuzhou, Anhui, China, 233200 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Elina Hemminki | National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Elina Hemminki, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01054235 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 199901118 |
| Study First Received: | January 20, 2010 |
| Last Updated: | January 20, 2010 |
| Health Authority: | China: Ethics Committee |
Keywords provided by National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland:
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prenatal care community-based randomized controlled trial perinatal mortality China |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2013