Effect of a participatory intervention in women's self-help groups for the prevention of chronic suppurative otitis media in their children in Jumla Nepal: a cluster-randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) causes preventable deafness and disproportionately affects children living in poverty. Our hypothesis was that health promotion in women's groups would increase their knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding ear disease and reduce the prevalence of CSOM in their children.

Methods

We did a cluster randomised trial in two village development committees (VDCs) in Jumla, Nepal. In July 2014, 30 women's groups were randomly allocated to intervention or control, stratified by VDC and distance to the road. The intervention groups participated in three sessions of health promotion using the WHO Hearing and Ear Care Training Resource Basic Level. The primary outcome was women's KAP score and the secondary outcome was preval

SUBMITTER: Clarke S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6533658 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature