Buikwe Electronic Community Health Information System Impact Study

NCT06318078 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: UG2024001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,140
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of the eCHIS intervention on key child health outcomes.

Conditions

Malaria; Diarrhea; Pneumonia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Out Patient Department attendance (due to malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea)

  Attendance measured through baseline and endline surveys

  Over 1 year

• Hospitalisation (due to malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea)

  Attendance measured through baseline and endline surveys

  Over 1 year

• malaria related mortality in the community and health facilities

  Malaria related mortality measured through routine data

  Over 1 year

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

570 children will be allocated to the intervention arm and children in this arm will be assessed using the eCHIS digital tool.

Other: eCHIS

Control

NO INTERVENTION

570 children will be allocated to the intervention arm and children in this arm will be assessed using the standard care and paper based tools.

Interventions

eCHIS OTHER

The electronic Community health Information System (eCHIS) is a Government of Uganda owned application used by community health workers for quality health assessments and improved reporting. The eCHIS intervention allows for the registration of longitudinal profiles for client centered care as well as provides care guidance to aid decision making. For its users, the app has a task tab for schedule management and dashboards for performance help management and impact tracking by supervisors. This app is interoperable with national reporting tools such as DHIS2. The app has ten workflows including registration of households and new persons, death reporting, iCCM assessment, treatment and referral follow up, stock monitoring, data synchronization, pregnancy registration, ANC danger signs and follow up, family planning registration, and screening (tuberculosis, hypertension, sickle cell, tobacco use and net use).

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Months - 59 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• · Children between 3-59 months,
• Being resident in the study area,
• Consent to participate in the study obtained,
• Willingness and ability of the child's guardians to comply with the study protocol for the duration of the study including attending a designated health centre if their child has malaria symptoms during the data collection period.

You may not qualify if:

• Children aged below 3 months and above 59 months
• Children resident outside the study areas
• Those who have not consented to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Malaria Consortium: lead

Study Sites (1)

Buikwe

Buikwe, Uganda

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malaria; Diarrhea; Pneumonia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Protozoan Infections; Parasitic Diseases; Infections; Mosquito-Borne Diseases; Vector Borne Diseases; Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Respiratory Tract Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• John Baptist Bwanika

  Malaria Consortium

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

John Baptist Bwanika

CONTACT

+256 772744390; j.bwanika@malariaconsortium.org

Kevin Baker

CONTACT

07811266539044; k.baker@malariaconsortium.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Cluster Randomised Control Trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 23, 2024
• First Posted: March 19, 2024
• Study Start: December 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2024
• Study Completion: July 1, 2024
• Last Updated: March 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

UG (1)