With the increased prevalence of cellular phones, mobile technology provides an important tool to reach underserved populations in low to middle income countries. mHealth interventions offer promise to improve maternal child health throughout the reproductive health continuum if they contribute to increasing skilled birth attendance, family planning and exclusive breastfeeding. We propose a randomized clinical trial to determine effect of using mobile phones to deliver SMS (one-way) versus an interactive SMS dialogue (two-way) on uptake of reproductive and neonatal health services and maternal and infant outcomes
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
Mathare North Health Centre
Nairobi, Kenya
Contraceptive uptake
Time frame: 10 weeks postpartum; 24 weeks postpartum
Facility Delivery
Time frame: Postpartum
Exclusive Breastfeeding
Time frame: 24 weeks postpartum
ANC attendance
Time frame: Postpartum
Infant Immunizations
Time frame: Six months postpartum
Maternal mortality
Time frame: 6 months postpartum
Infant mortality
Time frame: Six months postpartum
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