| Autor: |
Morrison J, Haghparast-Bidgoli H, Beard Bj, Saville Nm, James P, Harris-Fry Ha, Copas A, Kharel C, Hillman S, Skordis J, Richter A, Sushil Baral, Giri S, Abriti Arjyal |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| DOI: |
10.21203/rs.3.rs-557765/v1 |
| Popis: |
BackgroundAnaemia in pregnancy remains prevalent in Nepal and causes severe adverse health outcomes.Methods This non-blinded cluster-randomized controlled trial in the plains of Nepal has two study arms: 1) Control: routine antenatal care (ANC); 2) Home visiting, iron supplementation, Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) groups, plus routine ANC. Participants: Women in 54 non-contiguous clusters (mean 2582; range 1299-4865 population) in Southern Kapilbastu district are eligible if they consent to menstrual monitoring, are resident, married, aged 13-49 years and able to respond to questions. After 1-2 missed menses and a positive pregnancy test, consenting women Discussion: Findings will inform Nepal government policy on approaches to increase adherence to IFA, improve diets and reduce anaemia in pregnancy.Trial registration: ISRCTN 12272130. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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