Digital Health Literacy Intervention for Disadvantaged Women During Corona

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Literacy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Digital Health Literacy Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04603092
• Lead Sponsor: Forman Christian College, Pakistan

Brief Summary

The aim is to deliver a digital health literacy intervention to disadvantaged women to improve their health behaviors with regard to (i) hygiene and sanitation, and (ii) coronavirus awareness and prevention in four provinces of Pakistan through women community health workers.

Detailed Description

There is a need to continue primary healthcare services through digital communication for disadvantaged women living in underdeveloped areas of Pakistan, especially in the age of coronavirus pandemic, social distancing, and lockdown of communities. This project will be the first of its kind in aiming to provide women with a smartphone and digital access for a digital health literacy intervention through community healthcare workers. The majority of poor women in Pakistan who are dependent on primary health services: 1. suffer from health challenges more than men due to multiple social and structural disadvantages, 2. are the dominant care-providers and nurturers in the home, and 3. need support in understanding public health messages during health crises due to low health literacy and awareness. The digital health literacy intervention will be delivered in target two areas: (i) hygiene and sanitation, and (ii) coronavirus awareness and prevention. Women will be sampled from disadvantaged areas across the four provinces of Pakistan- Baluchistan, KPK, Punjab, and Sindh. A target of 1,000 women will comprise the sample with 500 women each assigned to the control and experiment group.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-23
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-26
• Study Start: 2021-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-08-01
• Study Completion: 2021-08-01
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1010

Inclusion Criteria

• Disadvantaged women dependent on primary healthcare services
• Women of the reproductive age group, 15 years to 49 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Women above 49 years

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Disadvantaged women in primary setting receiving digital health literacy intervention	Digital Health Literacy Intervention	The study population will comprise of disadvantaged women dependent on primary healthcare services, who do not have access to digital tools (smartphone, computer, laptop) or Wifi in their home. This group will receive the digital health literacy intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in health directed behavior	3 months	A total of 135 questions will be used, with five domains being covered through the following surveys: (i) Health Education Impact Questionnaire, (ii) Survey on Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude and Practice, (iii) Homecare of Covid Survey, (iv) Survey for mobile u-Health program by Ahn, Bae, and Kim and (v) Women's Health Care Experiences Survey. It is a five-point Likert-type scale (strongly agree - agree - neutral - disagree - strongly disagree). The highest value of the scale is 6 and the lowest value is 1; with 6 points showing strong agreement with the item statement (E.g. Q80. We are cleaning the eating, drinking, and cooking utensil with dish detergent after every use).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Forman Christian College University; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan