Gass, Jonathon D. Jr.
Misra, Anamika
Yadav, Mahendra Nath Singh
Sana, Fatima
Singh, Chetna
Mankar, Anup
Neal, Brandon J.
Fisher-Bowman, Jennifer
Maisonneuve, Jenny
Delaney, Megan Marx
Kumar, Krishan
Singh, Vinay Pratap
Sharma, Narender
Gawande, Atul
Semrau, Katherine
Hirschhorn, Lisa R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1017378)
Article History
Received: 22 February 2017
Accepted: 19 August 2017
First Online: 7 September 2017
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: Women presenting for childbirth at study facilities and their newborns were enrolled and provided written consent for follow-up prior to their discharge. The call center reconfirmed consent verbally prior to initiating the outcomes questionnaire. The BetterBirth Trial study protocol has been approved by all participating institutions: Community Empowerment Lab (CEL) Ethics Review Committee (Ref no: 2014006) formerly Lucknow Ethics Committee (Ref no: 13/LEC/12), Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Ethical Review Committee (Ref no: MDC/IECHSR/2015-16/A-53), Institutional Review Board of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Protocol 21975-102), Population Services International Research Ethics Board (Protocol ID: 47.2012), and the Ethical Review Committee of the World Health Organization (Protocol ID: RPC 501). The Indian Council of Medical Research also approved the study (Ref no: 5/7/858/12-RHN). The trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT02148952).
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