Group Postpartum and Well-Child Care for Maternal and Infant Health

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Conditions studied: Postpartum Health, Infant Health

In brief

The proposed study will evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated group postpartum and well-child care model, compared to individual (usual) postnatal and well-child care, on maternal and child health outcomes. Results will provide clinical evidence for improved maternal and infant health care in the first year postpartum. The study will inform and provide lessons learned to advance maternal and infant health service delivery models in low resource settings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07414901

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

1125

Starts

2026-03-30

Expected to finish

2030-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-09

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aims 1\&2:
• Women presenting for their 1-week postnatal care visit with their infant at a study site clinic.
• Over age 15.
• One infant is less than 4 weeks old.
• Able to speak and understand Chichewa.
• Adolescents 15-17 must bring parent/guardian for consent/assent. Infants included as part of mother-infant dyad.
• Aim 3:
• Midwife or HSA serving as group care co-facilitator or key stakeholders in MoH/Zomba District/clinical administration
• Able to speak Chichewa and/or English.

You may not qualify if…

• Aim 1\&2
• Under age 15.
• Serious physical or mental illness or marked cognitive impairment preventing informed consent.
• Inability to participate in full intervention
• Multiple infants (e.g. twins, triplets)
• Aim 3
• Serious physical or mental illness or marked cognitive impairment preventing informed consent.

Where it is running

• Lambulira HC — Zomba, Malawi (enrolling)
• Makwapala — Zomba, Malawi (enrolling)
• Matawale HC — Zomba, Malawi (enrolling)
• Likangala HC — Zomba, Malawi (enrolling)
• Naisi HC — Zomba, Malawi (enrolling)
• Namasalima HC — Zomba, Malawi (enrolling)
• Chamba HC — Zomba, Malawi (enrolling)
• Machinjiri HC — Zomba, Malawi (enrolling)
• Ngwelero HC — Zomba, Malawi
• Chingale HC — Zomba, Malawi
• Domasi HC — Zomba, Malawi
• M'mambo HC — Zomba, Malawi
• Maera HC — Zomba, Malawi
• Mwandama HC — Zomba, Malawi
• Nasawa — Zomba, Malawi
• Bimbi HC — Zomba, Malawi

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