The effect of gender-equity programs on maternal and child health in Uganda

Last registered on December 07, 2018

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Trial Information

General Information

Title

The effect of gender-equity programs on maternal and child health in Uganda

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0000073

Initial registration date

September 18, 2013

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published

September 18, 2013, 3:03 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated

December 07, 2018, 6:02 AM EST

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country

Uganda

Region

Southwest

Primary Investigator

Name

Seema Jayachandran

Affiliation

Northwestern University

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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name

Martina Björkman Nyqvist

PI Affiliation

Stockholm School of Economics

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Additional Trial Information

Status

On going

Start date

2012-08-01

End date

2020-12-30

Keywords

Health

Additional Keywords

gender, nutrition

JEL code(s)

Secondary IDs

Abstract

This study aims to understand how imbalances between mothers and fathers in knowledge and decision-making power affect maternal and child health.

The study compares three approaches: increasing mothers’ empowerment, increasing fathers’ knowledge about the health needs of children, and increasing mothers’ knowledge about the health needs of children.

Study villages in Southwest Uganda receive one of three treatments — a women´s nutrition education program, a men’s nutrition education program, or a joint women’s empowerment and nutrition education program — or are in the control group and received no intervention. The target population are parents of a child under age 2 or couples in which the woman is pregnant. The program consists of 20 classes, held bi-weekly, for a group of about 10 mothers or fathers. A baseline survey and anthropometric data were collected before the start of the program. An end-line survey will be collected one year after program implementation begins.

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Registration Citation

Citation

Björkman Nyqvist, Martina and Seema Jayachandran. 2018. "The effect of gender-equity programs on maternal and child health in Uganda." AEA RCT Registry. December 07. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.73-6.0

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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)

There are 3 treatment arms: Women’s Health & Nutrition, Men’s Health & Nutrition, and Women’s Health + Nutrition plus Women’s Empowerment. In each case, the treatment is a training course for a selected group of roughly 10 mothers or fathers within a village. Twenty bi-weekly lessons are delivered within the village by a trained facilitator. Participants either had a child under age 2 or were pregnant/had a pregnant spouse at the time of baseline data collection. Each Health and Nutrition session is approximately one hour in length, while each Women’s Empowerment session is approximately 45 minutes (1 hour and 45 minutes in total when combined with the Health and Nutrition lessons).

Intervention Start Date

2013-02-25

Intervention End Date

2013-11-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

height, weight, middle upper arm circumference, hemoglobin levels, self-reported health, health-care utilization, household consumption, health/nutrition knowledge, women's empowerment and decision-making

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)

Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

The 412 villages in Southwest Uganda were randomly assigned to either receive one of three treatments — a women´s nutrition education program (105 villages), a men’s nutrition education program (105 villages), or a joint women’s empowerment and nutrition education program (98 villages)— or be in the control group and receive no intervention (104 villages). Baseline measurements of survey-based and anthropometric indicators were collected prior to intervention launch. Endline data collection will be conducted for all households after the intervention has been implemented for one year.

Experimental Design Details

Randomization Method

Randomization done in office by a computer

Randomization Unit

village

Was the treatment clustered?

Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters

412 villages

Sample size: planned number of observations

5694 individuals

Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

Treatment: Women’s Health & Nutrition (105 villages), Men’s Health & Nutrition (105 villages), and Women’s Health & Nutrition+Women’s Empowerment (98 villages).

Control: 104 villages

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)

Supporting Documents and Materials

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