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Filter by:This study will be conducted in four low-income areas of Bin Qasim Town Karachi. This will be a community based randomized control trial of 21 months duration. The trial will include four arms; arm A and B will enroll children age 14-18 weeks and randomize them to either full dose IPV (0.5ml) or fractional IPV (0.1ml). Arms C and D will enroll children at 9 months of age and randomize them to either fractional or full dose IPV. Children aged 14 weeks for arms A and B and 9 months for arms C and D living in the selected communities of Bin qasim Town Karachi who have not received IPV vaccine during routine immunization for arms A and B and who have documentary evidence of receiving IPV vaccine at 14 weeks of age for arms C and D will be eligible for enrollment. The investigators will exclude children who are found acutely ill or those requiring emergent medical care/hospitalization at the time of enrollment. The investigators will use the Demographic Surveillance System (DSS) in the four study areas to identify the households with eligible children. The children of the parents who agree to participate in the study will be screened for eligibility by the trained research associates. After randomization into four different arms, the study trained research vaccinators will administer the IPV or fIPV as per randomization. Children will be observed in the center for 30 minutes after vaccination before leaving for home. Parents/guardians of all the participants will also be requested to immediately report any adverse effect occurring later. This study will be conducted in compliance with this protocol, GCP guidelines and all applicable international and local regulatory requirements. The study has approval by the Ethical Review Committee of the Aga Khan University (AKU), the National Bioethics Committee of Pakistan, and ethical approval at WHO/Headquarters in Geneva. All study procedures will be conducted in AKU's field research sites from where subjects will be recruited. The Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) of AKU will be engaged in providing support for specific study procedures conducted at CTU such as randomization, management of vaccines (storage, dispensing and incineration), and other responsibilities agreed in writing. Adverse events following vaccine administration will be monitored and all serius adverse events will be reported within 24 hours to WHO, DSMB and AKU IRB. All the vaccines used are licensed in Pakistan and in routine use.
Dissemination research examines the processes and factors that lead to widespread use of evidence-based interventions. There are several theories on how to best minimize the perceived and actual burdens on practitioners associated with implementing evidence-based medicine. For instance, the pay for performance model attempts to improve physician compliance with quality guidelines by providing financial incentives. Recent studies suggest pay for performance is effective in improving practitioner performance, but it is unclear whether the gains are sustainable once incentives are stopped. Another approach to promoting best practices is the Model for Improvement whose main method is to employ Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles of small changes Although this approach has been successful within individual institutions, there is minimal evidence of its effect when employed simultaneously in multiple autonomous institutions. There is also little evidence of the sustainability of outcomes after intervention activities end. The specific aims of the proposed study are to examine the effect of quality improvement dissemination models on the immunization coverage of children ages 3 to 18 months old. The investigators propose to: 1. Determine the effect on immunization compliance of two different models of dissemination which will provide physicians 12 months of quality improvement (QI) activity support for implementing CDC immunization best practices. Hypothesis 1a: Study participants receiving the QI technical support intervention (QITS) will have more improvement in immunization rates from baseline to immediately after support ends than participants receiving the pay for performance intervention (P4P). Hypothesis 1b: Study participants receiving QITS will increase immunization coverage for their practices over baseline. Hypothesis 1c: Study participants receiving P4P will increase immunization coverage for their practices over baseline.