CompletedNot Applicable

Impact of a Smartphone Intervention on Tanzanian Women's Childbirth Location

572 participantsStarted 2013-07-23

Plain-language summary

This study investigates whether training Community Health Workers (CHW) to use a smartphone-based prenatal counseling application as a "job aid" instead of the existing paper based standard is associated with increased women's use of maternal health services in Singida region, Tanzania.

Who can participate

Age range16 Years – 49 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * client of one of the CHWs enrolled in the mHealth study * visited at least once by a CHW following intervention (baseline training for CHWs) and during their most recent pregnancy * most recent delivery was a live birth and the child is still living Exclusion Criteria: * None

What they're measuring

Delivery in a facility

Timeframe: Time between the participant's first prenatal visit by a trained CHW and the date of the postnatal household interview (up to 10 months)

Antenatal care attendance

Timeframe: Time between the participant's first prenatal visit by a trained CHW and the date of the postnatal household interview (up to 10 months)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03161184

SponsorUniversity of Toronto

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-06-25

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