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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.


Clinical Trial Description

In low-income countries, frontline community health workers (CHWs) have potential to improve women's access to maternal health services through prenatal counseling and referral. However, CHW performance can often be enhanced with sufficient training, incentives, supportive supervision and job aids. Smartphone-based applications designed to assist CHWs with referrals, health education and client counseling may improve the quality of care delivered during household visits. There is a need for rigorous scientific studies on the impact of such interventions.

This study investigates whether CHWs' use of a smartphone-based application increases women's use of maternal health services in Singida region, Tanzania. It is hypothesized that smartphone-assisted counselling by CHWs can increase use of health facility-based delivery services compared to a control group of CHWs using standard paper-based protocols. This study is conducted within the context of larger project - SUSTAIN-MNCH Project (Supporting Systems to Improve Nutrition, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health), implemented by World Vision through multiple partners. ;


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NCT number NCT03161184
Study type Interventional
Source University of Toronto
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date July 23, 2013
Completion date June 25, 2014

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