Effects of Nursing Intervention on Routine Childhood Immunization Completion in Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Paediatrics; Routine childhood immunization completion

• Registration Number: PACTR201702002043415

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

For Children
(i) Being brought for first immunization visit.
(ii) Aged 0-12 weeks.
(iii) Any of the child¿s parents possessing at least a cell phone with valid phone number.
(iv) Child¿s family living within the community of the study site.

For Immunization providers
(i) Being a Primary Health Care (PHC) worker that vaccinate children (that is a nurse, a midwife, a Community Health Officer (CHO) or a Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs.)
(ii) Having worked for at least three months in the selected study health facility and
(iii) Non-participation in any form of immunization training in the last six months.

Exclusion Criteria

For Children
(i) A child who has previously been brought for immunization visit
(ii) A child who is older than 12 weeks
(iii) A child whose parents do not possess at least a valid phone and phone number
(iv) A child whose mother is a temporary residence in the community of the study site

For Immunization Providers
(i) PHC health workers like doctors, health assistants, laboratory assistants, record assistants and pharmacy technicians.
(ii) Newly transferred immunization providers who have not spent up to three months in the study health facilities will be trained but will not be evaluated.
(iii) Immunization providers that have undergone training on immunization less than six months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Immunization completed or immunization not completed (that is the receipt or non-receipt of all scheduled routine childhood immunization in Nigeria

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To isolate the effect of each intervention independently and also to evaluate whether combination of both interventions is superior to only one intervention (that is to determine which of the three intervention strategies is most effective in increasing the percentage of routine childhood immunization completion