Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Network Targeting in Honduras

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Preterm Delivery, Hypothermia, Diarrhea, Upper Respiratory Infection, Omphalitis

In brief

Social network targeting strategies can be used to improve the delivery and uptake of health interventions. We will enroll approximately 30,000 individuals into a randomized controlled trial of different targeting algorithms in order to explore how social network dynamics affect the uptake, diffusion, and group-level normative reinforcement of key neonatal and infant health behaviors and attitudes in 176 rural villages in the Copan region of Honduras. Our goal is to develop methods by which global health practitioners can exploit face-to-face social network interactions in order to maximize uptake of neonatal and infant health interventions. The villages will be randomly assigned to 16 cells of 11 villages each in a 2 x 8 factorial design of different targeting algorithms.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT02694679
Run by
Yale University
People needed
31195
Starts
2015-06-01
Expected to finish
2020-01-01
Last updated by the study team
2023-08-08

Who can join

Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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