SMS Mobile Technology to Improve Early Childhood Vaccine Coverage in Guatemala (SMSVaxGuate)

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acceptability of SMS Reminder Program; Timeliness of Vaccination; Adherence to Vaccination Schedules

Treatments: Other: Usual care; Behavioral: SMS message

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02567006

1R21HD084115-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

14-2170

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project plans to learn more about whether sending text messages to parents on their mobile phones to remind them when their child is due for his or her next vaccination will improve children getting vaccinated on time.

Full description

This project plans to learn more about whether sending text messages to parents on their mobile phones to remind them when their child is due for his or her next vaccination will improve children getting vaccinated on time. The vaccines that will be given are the same routine vaccinations registered in Guatemala and used by the Ministry of Health regardless of enrollment in the study.

Enrollment: 720 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 weeks to 6 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• First dose of primary vaccination series
• Parents owning a mobile phone and able to decipher SMS messages
• Consent form signed

Exclusion criteria

• Moving away from the study site in the next 12 months
• Ineligible for primary vaccination series by the MOH

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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720 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Short Message Service (SMS) group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Receiving SMS message reminders 1 week before scheduled vaccination

Treatment:

Behavioral: SMS message

Usual care

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Not receiving SMS messages

Treatment:

Other: Usual care