Mobile Phone Messaging to Improve Women's and Children's Health (Mobile WACh) in Kenya

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Maternal Health; Neonatal Health; Family Planning
• Interventions: Behavioral: Two-way SMS Dialogue; Behavioral: One-way SMS Messaging

• Registration Number: NCT01894126
• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-07
• Study First Submitted: 2013-07-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-07-08
• Study First Posted: 2013-07-09
• Primary Completion: 2015-07
• Status Verified: 2016-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 2016-11-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Pregnant
• Access to a mobile phone
• Able to read SMS messages
• Willing to receive SMS messages

Exclusion Criteria

• Unwilling or unable to meet inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Two-way SMS dialogue	Two-way SMS Dialogue	Women 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	One-way SMS Messaging	Women will receive scheduled one-way SMS messages

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Facility Delivery	Postpartum
Contraceptive uptake	10 weeks postpartum; 24 weeks postpartum
Exclusive Breastfeeding	24 weeks postpartum

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Maternal mortality	6 months postpartum
Infant mortality	Six months postpartum
ANC attendance	Postpartum
Infant Immunizations	Six months postpartum

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mathare North Health Centre; 🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya