Impact Evaluation of the Pilot SMS Mother Reminder System

April 22, 2014 updated by: African Strategies for Health
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.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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:

• What is the effect on maternal health outcomes (ANC4 and IPTP2) of the village health teams' use of the SMS Mother Reminder system?

Secondary evaluation questions:

  • What factors most influence changes in health workers, village health teams and expectant women's knowledge, attitudes and practices in maternal health?
  • To what extent is using the SMS Mother Reminder application to track and inform pregnant women a cost-effective intervention from the perspectives of USAID?
  • To what extent can users easily carry out specific tasks (e.g. entering the information of pregnant women) of the SMS Mother Reminder application on mobile devices?

This study is funded by USAID through the African Strategies for Health project.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

11454

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Uganda
      • Gulu, Uganda
        • Gulu District Health Centers

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
A control group of pregnant women receiving no intervention (i.e. no SMS reminders).
Experimental: SMS reminder messages
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).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
ANC visits
Time Frame: 1 year
Pregnant women attend 4 Antenatal care visits (ANC)
1 year
SP doses
Time Frame: 1 year
Pregnant women receive at least 2 doses of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

African Strategies for Health

Collaborators

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Donald Shepard, Ph.D., Brandeis University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

May 1, 2015

Study Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 22, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 22, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

April 24, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 24, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 22, 2014

Last Verified

April 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MSH-001

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