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Implementation of the INTERGROWTH‐21 st Project in Kenya
Author(s) -
Carvalho M,
Vinayak S,
Ochieng R,
Choksey V,
Musee N,
Stones W,
Knight HE,
Cheikh Ismail L
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/1471-0528.12045
Subject(s) - computer science
Please cite this paper as: Carvalho M, Vinayak S, Ochieng R, Choksey V, Musee N, Stones W, Knight H, Cheikh Ismail L, for the International Fetal and Newborn Growth Consortium for the 21 st Century (INTERGROWTH‐21 st ). Implementation of the INTERGROWTH‐21 st Project in Kenya. BJOG 2013; 120 (Suppl. 2): 105–110. The African site in the INTERGROWTH‐21 st Project was Parklands, a wealthy suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, with a largely middle‐to‐high socio‐economic status population. There are three hospitals with obstetric units in Parklands, with approximately 4300 births per year. The Newborn Cross‐Sectional Study (NCSS) sample was drawn from all three hospitals, covering 100% of births in this target population. The Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study (FGLS) sample was recruited from antenatal clinics serving these hospitals, using the eligibility criteria in the INTERGROWTH‐21 st protocol. Special activities to raise awareness of the study included securing media coverage and distributing leaflets in antenatal clinic waiting rooms. FGLS required women to be recruited in the first trimester; therefore, a major challenge at this study site was the high background frequency of first antenatal consultations in the second trimester. The problem was overcome by the study awareness campaign, as a result of which more women started attending antenatal care earlier in pregnancy.