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Automated SMS Reminders to Parents on Their Cell Phones Can Significantly Improve the on Time Vaccination Rates Children in Pakistan

NCT01908946 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2013-07-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators plan to test the effectiveness of reminders to parents/guardians on cell phones through short messaging system (SMS) in improving the on-time routine immunization for children in Pakistan. SMS message as a reminder tool can be very effective in health care settings at public health scale. This study will be conducted in an urban- squatter settlement area, Ibrahim Haidry union council in Karachi. Parents/guardians of children randomized in intervention arm will be sent SMS reminders vaccination visit reminders at 6, 10 and 14 weeks of life.

Conditions

  • Vaccination Failure

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SMS reminders

SMS reminders for vaccination visit at 6, 10 and 14 weeks of life.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ibrahim M Abdel Rahim, MBBS · Ibrahim Mohamed ABDEL RAHIM

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
14 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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