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Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Mobile Phone Delivered Reminders and Travel Subsidies to Improve Childhood Immunization Coverage Rates and Timeliness in Western Kenya

NCT01878435 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2018

Last updated 2022-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The project goal is to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test whether mobile phone short message system (SMS) reminders, either with or without mobile-phone based travel subsidies will improve timeliness, coverage, and drop-out rates of routine EPI vaccines in rural western Kenya.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

SMS reminder

OTHER

Travel subsidy

OTHER

Travel subsidy 2

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kenya Medical Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    collaborator FED

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Weeks
Max Age
5 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-02-29

Countries

  • Kenya

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