CompletedNot Applicable

Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Mobile Phone Delivered Reminders and Travel Subsidies to Improve Childhood Immunization Coverage Rates and Timeliness in Western Kenya

Kenya2,018 participantsStarted 2013-10

Plain-language summary

The project goal is to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test whether mobile phone short message system (SMS) reminders, either with or without mobile-phone based travel subsidies will improve timeliness, coverage, and drop-out rates of routine EPI vaccines in rural western Kenya.

Who can participate

Age range0 Weeks – 5 Weeks

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Mother of infant aged 0-4 weeks during the study period
✓. Current resident of one of the study villages
✓. Willing to sign informed consent for the study

Exclusion criteria

✕. Plans to move out of the study area in the next 6 months
✕. Resides in a village with active immunization intervention/program
✕. Has already received immunizations other than birth dose of BCG or polio

What they're measuring

Percent of children immunized

Timeframe: Up to 12 months of age

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01878435

SponsorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2016-02

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