Dunbar, Elizabeth L., Wroe, Emily B., Nhlema, Basimenye, Kachimanga, Chiyembekezo, Gupta, Ravi, Taylor, Celia A., Michaelis, Annie, Cundale, Katie, Dullie, Luckson, Jumbe, Arnold, Nazimera, Lawrence, McBain, Ryan, Lilford, Richard and Watson, Samuel I. (2018) Evaluating the impact of a community health worker programme on non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, family planning and antenatal care in Neno, Malawi : protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8 (7). e019473. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019473 ISSN 2044-6055.
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Abstract
Introduction This protocol concerns the implementation and evaluation of an intervention designed to realign the existing cadre of community health workers (CHWs) in Neno district, Malawi to better support the care needs of the clients they serve. The proposed intervention is a ‘Household Model’ where CHWs will be reassigned to households, rather than to specific patients with HIV and/or tuberculosis (TB). Methods and analysis Using a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised design, this study investigates whether high HIV retention rates can be replicated for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and the model’s impact on TB and paediatric malnutrition case finding, as well as the uptake of family planning and antenatal care. Eleven sites (health centres and hospitals) were arranged into six clusters (average cluster population 21 800). Primary outcomes include retention in care for HIV and chronic NCDs, TB case finding, paediatric malnutrition case finding, and utilisation of early and complete antenatal care. Clinical outcomes are based on routinely collected data from the Ministry of Health’s District Health Information System 2 and an OpenMRS electronic medical record supported by Partners In Health. Additionally, semistructured qualitative interviews with various stakeholders will assess community perceptions and context of the Household Model. Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been obtained from the Malawian National Health Science Research Committee (#16/11/1694) in Lilongwe, Malawi; Partners Healthcare Human Research Committee (#2017P000548/PHS) in Somerville, Massachusetts; and the Biomedical and Scientific Research Ethics Sub-Committee (REGO-2017–2060) at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK. Dissemination will include manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication as well as a full report detailing the findings of the intervention for the Malawian Ministry of Health. Trial registration number NCT03106727. Primary sponsor Partners In Health | Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo P.O. Box 56, Neno, Malawi. Protocol Version 4, March 2018.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router |
| Journal or Publication Title: | BMJ Open |
| Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
| Official Date: | 13 July 2018 |
| Dates: | Date Event 13 July 2018 Published 13 July 2018 Available 14 May 2018 Accepted |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Number: | 7 |
| Article Number: | e019473 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019473 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/104853/ |
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