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Pilot Study of a Mobile Health Approach to Reduce Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening in Tanzania

NCT02680613 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 851

Last updated 2018-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether motivational text messages and/or travel vouchers are effective in increasing cervical cancer screening rates in urban and rural regions of Northern Tanzania.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational SMS

Behaviour change messages delivered via SMS developed with the theoretical guidance of the Health Belief Model.

BEHAVIORAL

Travel Voucher

A code for return public transportation to closest cervical cancer screening clinic included in the research.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Terry Fox Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Queen's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen Yeates, MD · Queen's University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2016-05-12
Completion
2017-09-30

Countries

  • Tanzania

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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