Effects of the SMS Mother Reminder System on Use of Health Care. Clinical Trial
Official title:
Impact Evaluation of the Pilot SMS Mother Reminder System
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.
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.
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Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention