测试电话短信提醒在喀麦隆农村儿童免疫接种约会的影响:非随机对照试验的协议
Yayah Emerencia Ngah1, Ghazal Raoufi2, Maral Amirkhani2
1Azire Integrated Health Center, Bamenda Health District, Ministry of Health, Bamenda, Cameroon.
JMIR research protocols
|August 9, 2023
概括
自动化的短信提醒可以提高低收入国家儿童疫苗接种率. 这项研究将评估SMS提醒,以增加免疫覆盖率和减少疫苗可以预防的疾病.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
背景情况:
- 全球仍有数百万儿童没有接种疫苗,这增加了他们患疫苗可预防疾病和死亡的风险.
- COVID-19 流行病加剧了疫苗接种缺口,特别是在艾滋病毒感染儿童或处于脆弱环境中的儿童.
- 基于手机的提醒显示了提高接种疫苗的承诺.
研究的目的:
- 评估SMS自动提醒在提高儿童疫苗接种率方面的有效性.
- 评估短信提醒在具有挑战性的半城市/半农村,低收入国家环境中的影响.
- 提供可扩展干预措施的证据,以改善儿童免疫覆盖率.
主要方法:
- 一项非随机对照试验将在喀麦隆巴门达进行.
- 每组将招募200名家长;干预组在计划接种疫苗之前和之后会收到SMS提醒.
- 数据收集包括基线信息,临床访问数据和两组疫苗接种记录.
主要成果:
- 该研究将比较SMS提醒组和对照组之间的疫苗接种率和随访遵守情况.
- 统计分析包括描述性统计,费舍尔精确测试和卡普兰-梅尔生存分析.
- 结果将量化SMS提醒对及时接种疫苗和临床随访的影响.
结论:
- 这项研究解决了在不稳定的环境中有效的儿童疫苗接种干预措施的迫切需要.
- 调查结果将为开发具有成本效益的,以技术为导向的改善公共卫生战略提供信息.
- 这项研究旨在提供一个整体的方法来促进儿童免疫和减少死亡率.
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