An mHealth Tool to improve community health agent performance for child development: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Peru
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Early childhood developmentNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN43591826
- Lead Sponsor
- Elementos
- Brief Summary
2019 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31699716/ protocol (added 15/01/2021) 2022 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001118 (added 10/01/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
Children:
1. Children aged 6 to 36 months.
Caregivers:
1. Primary caregiver of the child is older than 16 years.
2. The caregiver is willing to receive visits from the CHA.
Exclusion Criteria
Caregivers:
1. Families where the main caregiver or the child does not speak Spanish.
Children:
1. Children with mental or physical disabilities.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Child development scores will be measured using the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument (CREDI) at baseline and 12 weeks.<br>2. Anemia prevalence in children will be evaluated by the local health center using the Hemocue at baseline and 12 weeks.<br>3. Chronic malnutrition prevalence in children will be assed by the local health center during the children's growth monitoring check-ups, continuously throughout the study. The data will be gathered and analyzed at baseline and 12 weeks.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Caregivers:<br>1. Knowledge evaluation scores will be measured using a knowledge exam created by the study team, at baseline and 12 weeks.<br>2. The frequency of which caregivers bring their child to growth monitoring check-ups will be evaluated by data obtained from the local health center, at baseline and 12 weeks.<br><br>Community health agents:<br>1. The performance evaluation scores of community health agents will be measured using an observational checklist created by the author, at baselina and 12 weeks.<br>2. Self-efficacy scores of the community health agents will be measured using a qualitative questionnaire at baseline and 12 weeks.<br>3. The number of home visits made by community health agents will be measured using the CHEST Application consistently throughout the intervention.