Leveraging Community Health Workers and a Digital Health System to Improve the Timeliness of Child Well Visits
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Conditions studied: Short Message Service (SMS), Incentives, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Preventive Services
In brief
The goal of this cluster-randomized type 1 effectiveness implementation hybrid trial is to evaluate whether a community health worker led, integrated digital health intervention (Huduma Kwa Wakati; "Timely Services" in Kiswahili) can improve rates of timely well visits and receipt of key recommended preventive interventions among children in their first year of life. The hypothesis is that Huduma Kwa Wakati will improve the timeliness and rates of completion of child well visits and receipt of recommended preventive services before age 1 year, compared to the standard of care. Researchers will compare outcomes among children enrolled from intervention clusters and no-intervention comparison clusters. Outcomes will also be compared to a cross-sectional retrospective comparison sample. This study will address the lack of rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of a community-based digital health intervention for promoting rates and timeliness of preventive service receipt among children from sub-Saharan Africa, and identify implementation strategies to facilitate the deployment of integrated community-based digital health interventions in low- and middle-income country settings.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06024317
- Run by
- University of South Carolina
- People needed
- 800
- Starts
- 2026-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2027-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-06
Who can join
Age: 15 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- Women who are not living in catchment areas of participating health facilities (which routinely provide maternal and child health services). Facilities must be operational, must have at least 2 community health workers, and must have reported at least 100 pregnancies or births in the year prior to study implementation.)
Where it is running
- National Institute for Medical Research — Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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