Nursing Led Interdisciplinary Intervention in Prevention of Girl Child Mortality and Maltreatment

Adwin Life Care

Status: Completed

Conditions: Deprivation, Maltreatment Syndrome (Infant or Child); Abuse Neglect Social

Treatments: Behavioral: Family Counselling and safeguarding

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02279368

Adwin006

Details and patient eligibility

About

In Northern India, skewed sex ratios, female feticide and higher child mortality rates for girls have become serious concern. The female child mortality as a result of son preference have increased during the last several decades. Since families cannot know the sex of the fetus due to Indian government policies, they now 'neglect' girl child to ensure there are few survivors. Survival chances of second and third daughters are plunging neglecting healthcare and nutrition has become tool for death as 'good riddance'.

Enrollment: 134 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Families having girl child before
• High risk families with high expectation of having son

Exclusion criteria

• Families having son before
• Relocation and moving out of town during study period
• Not ready to consent for intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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134 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Nurses delivered the supportive intervention along with family counselling from last term of pregnancy through three months and then were followed till the first birthday of the child.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Family Counselling and safeguarding

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group families were followed in usual care.