Impact Evaluation of the Pilot SMS Mother Reminder System

NCT ID: NCT02121821

Last Updated: 2014-04-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

11454 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-05-31

Study Completion Date

2015-09-30

Brief Summary

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The study aims to assess the effects of the SMS Mother Reminder system on use of health care in Uganda. A secondary aim of the study is to determine the behavioral factors and cost-effectiveness, as well as test the usability of the SMS Mother Reminder in Uganda.

Detailed Description

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USAID/Uganda is commissioning a prospective impact evaluation of the initial SMS component of Uganda's National Health Record Program (NHRP) in order to inform strategic targeting of eHealth and future investments after the pilot phase of the NHRP mobile platform "SMS Mother Reminder". This impact evaluation will be designed to answer the following questions:

Primary evaluation question:

• What is the effect on maternal health outcomes (ANC4 and IPTP2) of the village health teams' use of the SMS Mother Reminder system?

Secondary evaluation questions:

* What factors most influence changes in health workers, village health teams and expectant women's knowledge, attitudes and practices in maternal health?
* To what extent is using the SMS Mother Reminder application to track and inform pregnant women a cost-effective intervention from the perspectives of USAID?
* To what extent can users easily carry out specific tasks (e.g. entering the information of pregnant women) of the SMS Mother Reminder application on mobile devices?

This study is funded by USAID through the African Strategies for Health project.

Conditions

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Effects of the SMS Mother Reminder System on Use of Health Care.

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control

A control group of pregnant women receiving no intervention (i.e. no SMS reminders).

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

SMS reminder messages

The intervention group will be composed of pregnant women receiving SMS reminder messages via the SMS Mother Reminder system.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

SMS reminder messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The study is prospective and interventional comparing differences between pregnant women who receive reminder messages via the SMS Mother Reminder system to those who are not. Pregnant women will be followed from their first ANC visit at a health facility through delivery. The study will examine the effect of the mobile phone intervention on attendance to ANC appointments and IPTP2 coverage. The intervention group will be composed of pregnant women receiving SMS reminder messages in comparison with a control group of pregnant women receiving no intervention (i.e. no SMS reminders).

Interventions

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SMS reminder messages

The study is prospective and interventional comparing differences between pregnant women who receive reminder messages via the SMS Mother Reminder system to those who are not. Pregnant women will be followed from their first ANC visit at a health facility through delivery. The study will examine the effect of the mobile phone intervention on attendance to ANC appointments and IPTP2 coverage. The intervention group will be composed of pregnant women receiving SMS reminder messages in comparison with a control group of pregnant women receiving no intervention (i.e. no SMS reminders).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Pregnant

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

African Strategies for Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Donald Shepard, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Brandeis University

Locations

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Gulu District Health Centers

Gulu, Gulu, Uganda

Site Status

Countries

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Uganda

Central Contacts

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Lungi Okoko, MPH

Role: CONTACT

+1 703-667-3722

Facility Contacts

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Donald Shepard, Ph.D.

Role: primary

+1-781 736-3975

Other Identifiers

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MSH-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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