Measles Vaccination Cash Incentives Experimental Evidence From Nigeria

IDinsight

Status: Completed

Conditions: Measles

Treatments: Behavioral: Cash Incentive; Behavioral: Call

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04013516

004

Details and patient eligibility

About

IDinsight is conducting a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of various sized cash incentives for caretakers of infants that require a 9-month measles vaccination on the completion rate for the vaccine in Nigeria. The purpose of the experiment is to help New Incentives (NI) determine the optimal size of the incentive as they scale to the North West region of Nigeria.

Enrollment: 1,088 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9+ months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Caregiver and infant registered with the New Incentives program
• The infant was nine months or older at the start of the study (note there was no upper age limit as New Incentives only began enrolling infants in October 2016)
• Infant had received at least one previous conditional cash transfer for immunization at an All Babies are Equal Initiative clinic,
• Infant had received their Penta-3 vaccine.
• The caregiver had provided a phone number (either a personal number or a number of someone who can reach them) during registration.

Exclusion criteria

• Infant had already received a measles vaccine

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,088 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Pure Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Respondents received New Incentives' normal program.

Reminder Call

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Respondents received a call from a New Incentives' staff member similar to the treatment arms, but weren't offered additional incentives.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Call

Small Additional Incentive

Experimental group

Description:

Respondents were told they would receive 1000 NGN more than originally promised by New Incentives' (either 2000 or 3000 NGN) when they brought their child for measles immunization.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Call

Behavioral: Cash Incentive

Large Additional Incentive

Experimental group

Description:

Respondents were told they would receive 3000 NGN more than originally promised by New Incentives' (either 2000 or 3000 NGN) when they brought their child for measles immunization.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Call

Behavioral: Cash Incentive