Can Village Health Volunteers/Workers Working As Male-Female Pairs Improve the Use of Postnatal Care Services in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

University of the Ryukyus

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pregnant Women; Lactating Mother

Treatments: Behavioral: Paired Community Health Workers

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06654505

24-2329-00-00-00

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to assess the effectiveness of male-female VHV/Ws working in pairs on women's uptake of second PNC visits in rural Sepone, Lao PDR.

Methods A quasi-experimental cluster study will be conducted between July 2024 and October 2026 in 37 selected sites from two districts in southern Lao PDR. In 19 selected intervention villages in the Sepone district, female-male VHV/Ws pairs will promote postpartum services, whereas, in 18 similar control villages in the Vilabuly district, VHV/Ws will work as individuals.

Enrollment: 302 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15 to 49 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women who gave birth within six weeks and twelve months before the study's baseline and end-line surveys.

Exclusion criteria

• Women whose births resulted in a loss,
• Women who do consent to participate in the surveys
• Women who face a language barrier with surveyors will not be enrolled.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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302 participants in 2 patient groups

Villages where Village Health Volunteers/Workers work as individuals

No Intervention group

Villages where Community Health Workers work in pairs

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Paired Community Health Workers