Mobile Phone Messaging to Improve Women's and Children's Health (Mobile WACh) in Kenya

University of Washington300 enrolled

Overview

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

Conditions

Maternal Health Neonatal Health Family Planning

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 14 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant * Access to a mobile phone * Able to read SMS messages * Willing to receive SMS messages Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling or unable to meet inclusion criteria

Locations (1)

Mathare North Health Centre

Nairobi, Kenya

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Contraceptive uptake

Time frame: 10 weeks postpartum; 24 weeks postpartum

Facility Delivery

Time frame: Postpartum

Exclusive Breastfeeding

Time frame: 24 weeks postpartum

Secondary Outcomes

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

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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