WHISPER or SHOUT study: Efficacy of a mobile phone text messaging intervention for improving the health of female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya.

Completed

• Conditions: nintended pregnancy; HIV; Anaemia; Nutrition; Sexually transmitted infections; Unintended pregnancy; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Contraception; Infection - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS / HIV); Blood - Anaemia

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000852459
• Lead Sponsor: Burnet Institute

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-06-29
• Study Completion: 2018-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 882

Inclusion Criteria

Self-report engaging in paid sex work in the last six months
- Have a personal mobile phone with Safaricom or Airtel subscription, and be willing to provide the number to the researchers
- Self-report being ‘SMS literate’
- Not currently pregnant or planning pregnancy within 12 months
- Reside, and plan to continue to reside, within the site-specific catchment area for the next 12 months
- Willing to provide reliable contact information (e.g. home address) to be contacted by a member of the research team in the community
- Able and willing to give written informed consent for enrolment in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

- Planning to travel or relocate from the study areas
- Participating in another mHealth intervention study
- Having a medical or non-medical issue incapacitating participation in the research, as decided by the local Principal Investigator.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified