AfyaJamii (Parenting Well): Evaluating the Feasibility of a Group Antenatal/Well-child Care Model in Pregnancy in Kenya

AfyaJamii (Parenting Well): Evaluating the Feasibility of a Group Antenatal and Well-child Care Model in Pregnancy in Kenya

This proposal is a program evaluation of a group care delivery model designed for pregnant women that was implemented as a pilot project in Teso District, Kenya in 2012.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pregnancy Related; Group, Peer
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: AfyaJamii

Detailed Description

The investigators will carry out a pre/post evaluation of this program comparing maternal and child health indicators collected at the facility and at 10 comparison facilities in the year prior to implementation (2012) and throughout the duration of the program (2013-2014). They will also analyze program attendance records, anonymous exit surveys, and training records.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 15
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Kenya
  • Kocholya, Kenya
    • Teso North Ministry of Health Centers

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: No older than 50 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All facilities that participated in AfyaJamii

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any facility that did not offer AfyaJamii and was not been selected as a comparison facility

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: AfyaJamii facility; Facilities using AfyaJamii	Behavioral: AfyaJamii; AfyaJamii is a group antenatal and well-child care program developed in Kenya for use in Kenyan health centers
No Intervention: Referent facility; Facilities using Focused Antenatal Care Individual Model

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Facility 4 Antenatal Care (ANC) visits	Average monthly number 4 or more ANC facility visits	18 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Facility New Family Planning (FP)	Average monthly number new FP visits	18 months
Facility Total FP	Average monthly number total FP visits	18 months
Facility Delivery Rate	Average monthly number of Facility deliveries	18 months
Facility Oral Polio Vaccine 0 (OPV0)	Average monthly number of OPV0 Immunization	18 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Moi University
• Collaborators: Grand Challenges Canada
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Julia Songok, MBChB, Moi University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 31, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 14, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): June 15, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 15, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 14, 2017
• Last Verified: June 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: UMoi2

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No