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Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone Messaging-Based Message Framing Intervention for Improving Maternal Health Service
Gebeyehu Bulcha1, Hordofa Gutema Abdissa1, Josef Noll2
1Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Faculty of Public Health, Institutes of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Background:
Ethiopia has high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. In 2019 and 2020, the maternal and newborn mortality rates were estimated at 412 per 1,000,000 births and 30 per 10,000 births, respectively. While mobile health interventions to improve maternal and neonatal health management have shown promising results, there are still insufficient scientific studies to assess the effectiveness of mobile phone messaging-based message framing for maternal and newborn health.
Objective:
This research aims to examine the effectiveness of mobile phone messaging-based message framing for improving the use of maternal and newborn health services in the Jimma Zone, Ethiopia.
Methods:
A 3-arm cluster-randomized trial design was used to evaluate the effects of mobile phone-based intervention on maternal and newborn health service usage. The trial arms were (1) gain-framed messages (2) loss-framed messages, and (3) usual care. A total of 21 health posts were randomized, and 588 pregnant women who had a gestational age of 16-20 weeks, irrespective of their antenatal care status, were randomly assigned to the trial arms. The intervention consisted of a series of messages dispatched from the date of enrolment until 6-8 months. The control group received existing care without messages. The primary outcomes were maternal health service usage and newborn care practice, while knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, iron supplementation, and neonatal and maternal morbidity were secondary outcomes. The outcomes will be analyzed using a generalized linear mixed model and the findings will be reported according to the CONSORT-EHEALTH (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials of Electronic and Mobile HEalth Applications and onLine TeleHealth) statement for randomized controlled trials.
Results:
Recruitment of participants was conducted and the baseline survey was administered in March 2023. The intervention was rolled out from May 2023 till December 2023. The end-line assessment was conducted in February 2024.
Conclusions:
This trial was carried out to understand how mobile phone-based messaging can improve maternal and newborn health service usage. It provides evidence for policy guidelines around mobile health strategies to improve maternal and newborn health.
Trial Registration:
Pan African Clinical Trials Registry PACTR202201753436676; https://tinyurl.com/ykhnpc49.
International Registered Report Identifier (Irrid):
DERR1-10.2196/52395.
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