Evaluation of Scaling Up Early Childhood Development in Zambia

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,108

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 20, 2019

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2021

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2022

Conditions
Early Childhood Development
Interventions
OTHER

SMAGs trained on ECD curriculum

50 volunteers (primarily SMAGs- Safe Motherhood Action Group members) associated with the health facility will be trained using a training -of-trainers approach on the e ECD (early childhood development) curriculum

OTHER

Head women trained on ECD curriculum

Each of the 50 trained SMAGs will train 10 head women on the ECD curriculum

BEHAVIORAL

Head women led parent groups

Every two weeks 500 trained head women lead parent group meetings on childhood development and nutrition to caregiver-child dyads

OTHER

Usual care of children 0-5 months

The traditional care and education of caregivers/parents for children 0-5 months

Trial Locations (3)

Unknown

Nyimba District Medical Office, Nyimba

Choma District Medical Office, Choma

Kalomo District Medical Office, Kalomo

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Right to Care Zambia (RTCZ)

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

OTHER

collaborator

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

FED

collaborator

Grand Challenges Canada

OTHER

lead

Boston University

OTHER

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