SMS Reminders to Improve the on Time Vaccination Rates Among Children in Pakistan

NCT01859546 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2013/311074-0
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Vaccines are one of the best public health tools available to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) # 4 of decreasing child mortality. A major reason for poor childhood vaccine coverage is the lack of awareness among parents regarding the need for immunization in children, and the importance of completing the entire series of vaccines. This result in significant drop-out between vaccines delivered at birth and later in the infancy period. New innovative methods involving technologies are needed to be employed to increase the vaccine coverage. This study is being conducted in Karachi, Pakistan and main study objective is • To assess the effectiveness of SMS reminders on cell phones in improving the compliance of subsequent visits for routine immunization for children.

Conditions

Vaccination Failure

Keywords

SMS

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To assess the effectiveness of SMS reminders on cell phones in improving the compliance of subsequent visits for routine immunization for children in Pakistan

  We plan to test the effectiveness of reminders to parents/guardians on cell phones through short messaging system (SMS) in improving the on-time routine immunization for children in Pakistan.

  10 Months

Study Arms (2)

One time standard verbal counseling

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will receive one time standard verbal counseling at the time of initial visit related to EPI vaccination

SMS Reminders

EXPERIMENTAL

Short message service (SMS) - SMS reminders for EPI vaccination at 6, 10 and 14 weeks of life sent in the week that these vaccines are due

Behavioral: Short message service

Interventions

Short message service BEHAVIORAL

Short message service reminders on cell phones in improving the compliance of subsequent visits for routine immunization for children

SMS Reminders

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Week - 18 Weeks
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Child should be less than 14 days of age
• Parent/guardian or at least one person in the household having a valid cell phone connection
• Parent/guardian provides consent

You may not qualify if:

• Child more than 14 days of age
• Not a valid cell phone connection in the household
• Parent/guardian not providing consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aga Khan University: lead
• World Health Organization: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Aga Khan University

Karachi, Sindh, 74800, Pakistan

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Kazi AM, Ali M, Zubair K, Kalimuddin H, Kazi AN, Iqbal SP, Collet JP, Ali SA. Effect of Mobile Phone Text Message Reminders on Routine Immunization Uptake in Pakistan: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2018 Mar 7;4(1):e20. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.7026.

  PMID: 29514773 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Ibrahim M Abdel Rahim, MBBS

  World Health Organization

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Instructor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 14, 2013
• First Posted: May 22, 2013
• Study Start: March 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2013
• Study Completion: December 1, 2013
• Last Updated: May 22, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-05

Locations

PA (1)