Intervening to Improve Infant Health in Ghana
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Conditions studied: Very Low Birth Weight Baby, Pneumonia
In brief
The purpose of the study is to understand how cooking might affect the health of pregnant women and their babies. The goal of the research is to determine whether, interventions in decreasing exposure to smoke from cook stoves can bring about a significant change in the indoor air pollution levels and health of communities in Ghana. Hypothesis 1. Use of improved cook stoves starting by the third trimester pregnancy will lead to a significant increase in average birth weight in newborns. Hypothesis 2. Use of improved cook stoves will lead to a significant reduction in the rate of severe acute lower respiratory disease during the first 12 months of life.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01335490
- Run by
- Columbia University
- People needed
- 1414
- Starts
- 2013-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-07-18
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
Where it is running
- Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
- Kintampo Medical Research Center — Kintampo, Ghana
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