Hybrid type 1 effectiveness/implementation trial of the international Guide for Monitoring Child Development: protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

More than 40% of children under 5 years of age in low-income and middle-income countries are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential. The international Guide for Monitoring Child Development (GMCD) early intervention package is a comprehensive programme to address developmental difficulties using an individualised intervention plan for young children and their families. We will conduct a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation evaluation of the GMCD intervention in rural India and Guatemala.

Methods and analysis

Using a cluster-randomised design, 624 children aged 0-24 months in 52 clusters (26 in India, 26 in Guatemala) will be assigned to usual care or the GMCD intervention plus usual care delivered by frontline workers for 12 months. After 12

SUBMITTER: Raut A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444252 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature