Enhancing Growth Monitoring Visits in Joshipur Rural Municipality, Kailai, Nepal

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorKathmandu University School of Medical Sciences

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if health workers training on growth promotion and monitoring guideline and Female Community Health Volunteers mobilization for increasing demand for growth monitoring and promotion, GMP through growth monitoring and promotion day, GMP day) can enhance the growth monitoring and promotion practices in mothers and caretaker having under two years children. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does health workers training on GMP guideline enhances the growth monitoring and promotion practices in mothers and caretakers having under two years children? * Does FCHV mobilization enhances growth monitoring and promotion practices in mothers and caretakers having under two years children? Participants will * Health workers of the Joshipur rural municipality will have to attend Training session on GMP guideline, * Mothers and caretakers having under two years children will have to visit to the nearest health facility for GMP visits for their children

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Nutrition focal person of the health facility having primary engagement in growth monitoring and promotion.

Trained on growth monitoring and promotion guideline.

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Health workers training on GMP guideline

    Other intervention

    One day training will be conducted to health workers on updated GMP guideline for the health workers primarily engaged in Growth monitoring and promotion of the children.

  • Female community health volunteers' mobilization for inviting mothers and caretakers

    Other intervention

    Female community health volunteers will be mobilized for inviting mothers and caretakers for two consecutive months for enhancing GMP practices in the municipality

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Health workers of Joshipur rural municipality and Female community health volunteersExperimental treatment 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Acceptability of Health Workers Training using key informant interview

Acceptability includes the attitude and perception of health workers regarding Health workers training and satisfaction level of health workers attending Health workers training on GMP guidelines. For which, a qualitative method (KII) with health workers using KII guideline will be employed for information collection among the health workers attending the health worker's Training

Time frame
At three months
2

Appropriateness of Health workers Training using Key informant interview

Appropriateness is defined as Health workers training suitable for the cultural, social and economic context of Joshipur rural municipality and alignment of Health workers training to the needs and preferences of the health workers. For which, Key Informant Interview using KII guideline will be employed for information collection

Time frame
At three months
3

Feasibility of Health workers Training

Feasibility includes practicality and ease of attending health workers training and availability of resources. For which information will be collected from health workers through Key Informant Interview using KII guideline.

Time frame
At three months
4

Fidelity to GMP steps assed through observing HMIS register

Fidelity to GMP steps refers to evaluating the extent to which health workers adhere to the steps of GMP. It will be assessed by observing at the nutrition register by health workers as recoded of the steps conducted for growth monitoring and Promotion.

Time frame
At three months

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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