Mobile Phone Messaging to Improve Women's and Children's Health (Mobile WACh) in Kenya
Mobile WACh
Mobile Phone One Way Short Message Service (SMS) Versus SMS Dialogue for Women's and Child Health (Mobile WACh) in Kenya: A Randomized Control Trial
2 other identifiers
interventional
300
1 country
1
Brief Summary
With the increased prevalence of cellular phones, mobile technology provides an important tool to reach underserved populations in low to middle income countries. mHealth interventions offer promise to improve maternal child health throughout the reproductive health continuum if they contribute to increasing skilled birth attendance, family planning and exclusive breastfeeding. We propose a randomized clinical trial to determine effect of using mobile phones to deliver SMS (one-way) versus an interactive SMS dialogue (two-way) on uptake of reproductive and neonatal health services and maternal and infant outcomes
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 2, 2013
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 9, 2013
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2015
CompletedNovember 9, 2016
November 1, 2016
2 years
July 2, 2013
November 7, 2016
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Contraceptive uptake
10 weeks postpartum; 24 weeks postpartum
Facility Delivery
Postpartum
Exclusive Breastfeeding
24 weeks postpartum
Secondary Outcomes (4)
ANC attendance
Postpartum
Infant Immunizations
Six months postpartum
Maternal mortality
6 months postpartum
Infant mortality
Six months postpartum
Study Arms (3)
Two-way SMS dialogue
EXPERIMENTALWomen will receive SMS messages with prompts to reply. They will have the ability to text back to the system and both respond to and initiate SMS dialogue
One-way SMS Messaging
EXPERIMENTALWomen will receive scheduled one-way SMS messages
Control
NO INTERVENTIONInterventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Pregnant
- Access to a mobile phone
- Able to read SMS messages
- Willing to receive SMS messages
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Washingtonlead
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)collaborator
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)collaborator
- University of Nairobicollaborator
- Kenyatta National Hospitalcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Mathare North Health Centre
Nairobi, Kenya
Related Publications (1)
Palmer MJ, Henschke N, Bergman H, Villanueva G, Maayan N, Tamrat T, Mehl GL, Glenton C, Lewin S, Fonhus MS, Free C. Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving maternal, neonatal, and child health. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 14;8(8):CD013679. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013679.
PMID: 32813276DERIVED
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 2, 2013
First Posted
July 9, 2013
Study Start
July 1, 2013
Primary Completion
July 1, 2015
Last Updated
November 9, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-11