Enhancing Universal Health Coverage and Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Kenya Through Digital Innovations

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Universal Health Coverage
• Interventions: Behavioral: I-PUSH

• Registration Number: NCT04068571
• Lead Sponsor: African Population and Health Research Center

Brief Summary

This study aims at providing insights into Universal Health Coverage and evaluates the impact of I-PUSH program on maternal healthcare utilization, financial protection and women's empowerment, as well as to evaluate the impact of the LEAP training tool on community health volunteers and women's health literacy including their knowledge, behavior and uptake of respective services.

Detailed Description

The study will use a three-pronged approach: year-long weekly Financial and Health Diaries, Baseline and Endline surveys, and qualitative interviews. The Diaries and the Surveys will be carried out in two Counties, Kakamega and Kisumu (Kenya). The qualitative interviews will be carried out in the two counties and in Nairobi as an additional county. The study will use a cluster randomized control trial design in Kakamega to evaluate the impact of I-PUSH program. In Kisumu, selected households will be followed-up to capture the health-seeking behavior, health insurance, and health expenditure pattern of households over time. The study will be initially for 17 months and will continue for three years subject to additional funding.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-07-31
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-08-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-23
• Study First Posted: 2019-08-28
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-28
• Study Start: 2019-09
• Primary Completion: 2020-04
• Study Completion: 2020-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Targets for the intervention

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-targets for the intervention

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
I-PUSH intervention sites	I-PUSH	Clusters with I-PUSH intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health Care Utilization	17 months	Financial and health diaries will be collected on a weekly basis throughout the indicated study period
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health outcomes through out the continuum of care	17 months	Questionnaire based survey questions will be used to measure these outcomes