IDinsight is conducting a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of various sized cash incentives for caretakers of infants that require a 9-month measles vaccination on the completion rate for the vaccine in Nigeria. The purpose of the experiment is to help New Incentives (NI) determine the optimal size of the incentive as they scale to the North West region of Nigeria.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,088
During the phone call, New Incentives' team member promised a greater cash payment from New Incentives' staff members at primary health care facilities when infants enrolled in the program and received their measles vaccination.
A New Incentives' team member reminded caregivers of their child's measles immunization date and the total amount of incentive they would receive once their child was vaccinated. If the caregiver could not be reached on the first attempt, the team made additional attempts at different times of the day on five different days across two weeks (up to 10 attempts were made per caregiver).
All Babies are Equal Initiative (New Incentives)
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Measles Vaccination Coverage Rate
The outcome of interest is the measles coverage rate among the eligible randomized infants. Coverage is measured using the measles vaccination information recorded on the child's health card. The child health card information was immediately entered into the New Incentives' database by their field staff when they disbursed the cash incentives at program clinics. Information from the New Incentives' database was used for the analysis.
Time frame: We assessed whether eligible infants received measles vaccination at any time during the 4 month study period. Children were a minimum of 9 months at the beginning of the study and a maximum of 7 years at the end of the study.
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