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Ethical challenges in cluster randomized controlled trials: experiences from public health interventions in Africa and AsiaDavid Osrin
University College London, Institute of Child Health, London, England
Bull World Health Organ 87:772-9. 2009..Finally, we consider the debate about benefits to control groups and the standard of care that they should receive, and the issue of post-trial adoption of the intervention under test...- Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trialJoanna Morrison
Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
Trials 12:128. 2011..Secondary outcome measures include uptake of antenatal and postnatal care, neonatal mortality and stillbirth rates, and maternal morbidity. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN99834806... 
Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy on inflammatory markers in Nepalese womenLaura J Hindle
Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 84:1086-92. 2006....- Women's groups' perceptions of maternal health issues in rural MalawiMikey Rosato
Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Lancet 368:1180-8. 2006..Surveys have indicated a poor awareness of maternal health problems by individual women. We report the perceptions of women's groups to such issues in the rural Mchinji district of Malawi... - Effects of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on birthweight and gestational duration in Nepal: double-blind, randomised controlled trialDavid Osrin
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Lancet 365:955-62. 2005..The effects on perinatal morbidity and mortality need further comparisons between studies. Published online March 3, 2005 http://image.thelancet.com/extras/04art11045web.pdf... - Stillbirths and newborn deaths in slum settlements in Mumbai, India: a prospective verbal autopsy studyUjwala Bapat
Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action SNEHA, Urban Health Centre, Chota Sion Hospital, Dharavi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12:39. 2012..Our objectives were to classify deaths according to international cause-specific criteria and to identify major causes of delay in seeking and receiving health care for maternal and newborn health problems... - The case for a new Global Fund for maternal, neonatal, and child survivalAnthony Costello
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Lancet 366:603-5. 2005 - Epidemiological transition, medicalisation of childbirth, and neonatal mortality: three Brazilian birth-cohortsAnthony Costello
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Lancet 365:825-6. 2005 - A cluster randomised controlled trial of the community effectiveness of two interventions in rural Malawi to improve health care and to reduce maternal, newborn and infant mortalitySonia Lewycka
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Trials 11:88. 2010..Further qualitative, quantitative and economic data will be collected for process and economic evaluations. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN06477126... - Perinatal interventions and survival in resource-poor settings: which work, which don't, which have the jury out?David Osrin
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Arch Dis Child 95:1039-46. 2010..We end with some thoughts on the complexity of choices confronting women and their families in low-income countries, particularly in view of the growth in non-government and private sector healthcare... - Community-based health programmes: role perceptions and experiences of female peer facilitators in Mumbai's urban slumsGlyn A Alcock
University College London Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Health Educ Res 24:957-66. 2009..We contextualize this within broader conceptualizations of peer-led health interventions and offer recommendations for similar community-based health initiatives... - Inequalities in maternity care and newborn outcomes: one-year surveillance of births in vulnerable slum communities in MumbaiNeena Shah More
UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Int J Equity Health 8:21. 2009..Aggregate urban health statistics mask inequalities. We described maternity care in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai, and examined differences in care and outcomes between more and less deprived groups... - The lives of Malawian nurses: the stories behind the statisticsAstrida I Grigulis
UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103:1195-6. 2009..In addition, although nurses in Malawi perceive that conditions in the UK are difficult, many still aspire to migrate themselves... - Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communitiesAnthony Costello
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH
BMJ 329:1166-8. 2004 - A rapid assessment scorecard to identify informal settlements at higher maternal and child health risk in MumbaiDavid Osrin
UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London, UK
J Urban Health 88:919-32. 2011..The scorecard needs further testing in a range of urban contexts, but we intend to use it to identify informal settlements in particular need of family health interventions in a subsequent program... - Serious bacterial infections in newborn infants in developing countriesDavid Osrin
International Perinatal Care Unit, Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Curr Opin Infect Dis 17:217-24. 2004..This review therefore briefly addresses the burden, aetiology, prevention and management of serious neonatal bacterial infections in low-income settings... - Maternal and neonatal health expenditure in Mumbai slums (India): a cross sectional studyJolene Skordis-Worrall
UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
BMC Public Health 11:150. 2011..We analyzed spending on maternity care in urban slum communities in Mumbai to better understand the equity of spending and the impact of spending on household poverty... - Micronutrient status during pregnancy and outcomes for newborn infants in developing countriesAnthony M de L Costello
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH
J Nutr 133:1757S-1764S. 2003..It would also be helpful to look at mechanisms for bringing the periconceptional period within the ambit of trials... - Implementing a community-based participatory intervention to improve essential newborn care in rural NepalDavid Osrin
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:18-21. 2003..Outcomes assessed are neonatal and perinatal mortality rates, changes in patterns of home care, health care seeking and referral. The study also aims to generate programmatic information on the process of implementation in communities... - Cross sectional, community based study of care of newborn infants in NepalDavid Osrin
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH
BMJ 325:1063. 2002....