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Impact Evaluation of the Pilot SMS Mother Reminder System

NCT02121821 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11454

Last updated 2014-04-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study aims to assess the effects of the SMS Mother Reminder system on use of health care in Uganda. A secondary aim of the study is to determine the behavioral factors and cost-effectiveness, as well as test the usability of the SMS Mother Reminder in Uganda.

Conditions

  • Effects of the SMS Mother Reminder System on Use of Health Care.

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SMS reminder messages

The study is prospective and interventional comparing differences between pregnant women who receive reminder messages via the SMS Mother Reminder system to those who are not. Pregnant women will be followed from their first ANC visit at a health facility through delivery. The study will examine the effect of the mobile phone intervention on attendance to ANC appointments and IPTP2 coverage. The intervention group will be composed of pregnant women receiving SMS reminder messages in comparison with a control group of pregnant women receiving no intervention (i.e. no SMS reminders).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

    collaborator FED

  • African Strategies for Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Donald Shepard, Ph.D. · Brandeis University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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