An interventional study of SMS reminder messages in Effects of the SMS Mother Reminder System on Use of Health Care., sponsored by African Strategies for Health. Status unknown at 1 site in Uganda. Open to female participants. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-04-24.
Sponsored by African Strategies for Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
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.
USAID/Uganda is commissioning a prospective impact evaluation of the initial SMS component of Uganda's National Health Record Program (NHRP) in order to inform strategic targeting of eHealth and future investments after the pilot phase of the NHRP mobile platform "SMS Mother Reminder". This impact evaluation will be designed to answer the following questions:
Primary evaluation question:
Secondary evaluation questions:
This study is funded by USAID through the African Strategies for Health project.
This is the only study on the registry with African Strategies for Health as lead sponsor.
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Exclusion Criteria:
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A control group of pregnant women receiving no intervention (i.e. no SMS reminders).
The intervention group will be composed of pregnant women receiving SMS reminder messages via the SMS Mother Reminder system.
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).
ANC visits
Pregnant women attend 4 Antenatal care visits (ANC)
Time frame: 1 year
SP doses
Pregnant women receive at least 2 doses of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
Time frame: 1 year
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