Low Cost Interventions to Improve Adherence to Childhood Immunization Schedule

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Center Based Education; Immunization Card; Childhood Immunization Dropout; Childhood Immunization Completion

Treatments: Other: Redesigned immunization card; Other: Center based education to mothers/caregivers; Other: Redesigned immunization card with center based education to mother/caregivers

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00602056

X050713007

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study was to assess the effect of 1) redesigned immunization card, 2) center-based education to mothers, and 3) redesigned card with center-based education to mothers, provided at DPT1, on DPT3 completion in a randomized controlled trial at rural Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) centers in Karachi, Pakistan.

Enrollment: 1,506 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 365 days old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All children visiting the selected EPI centers for DPT1 immunization

Exclusion criteria

• Not residing in the same area for last six months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,506 participants in 4 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Redesigned immunization card

Treatment:

Other: Redesigned immunization card

2

Experimental group

Description:

Center based education to mothers/caregivers

Treatment:

Other: Center based education to mothers/caregivers

3

Experimental group

Description:

Redesigned immunization card with center based education to mothers/caregivers

Treatment:

Other: Redesigned immunization card with center based education to mother/caregivers

4

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard care only