Financial savings, maternal Health Service Utilization
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention was formulated using behavioral science approaches for promoting health savings towards the costs of maternal health care among pregnant women and their partners. The intervention con
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an animated smiling baby character, and other designs to help them keep track of savings targets, such as reminder SMS messages that sound like they are from their child. In the control group, partici
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Sponsors
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Community and Global Health
clinicPesa, Ltd Uganda
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: To be eligible for joining in this study, participants should have the following characteristics: 18-49 years old, between 12-32 gestational weeks (pregnant female) OR partner of someone who is (male), own a smartphone with internet connection, has a registered mobile money account, willingness to enroll in clinicPesa. Women who are between 12-32 gestational weeks inclusive can partake in the study. Men will partake in the study if their female partner is between 12-32 gestational weeks inclusive at the time of enrollment into the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants are ineligible if their partner is known to already be participating in the study to avoid duplicating results of savings amounts; only one member per household may participate in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is usage of maternal health services, assessed by antenatal care attendance (ANC), skilled birth attendance, and birth at a health facility, as well as the amount of validated expenditure in participants' clinicPesa accounts from the day of enrollment during the intervention period. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes include male involvement in maternal healthcare, measured by financial support, attendance to ANC, assisting with planning the delivery, and providing perceived emotional support to the mother, as well as total savings for healthcare, assessed using the validated amount of savings accrued in participants' clinicPesa accounts from the day of enrollment plus any withdrawals for healthcare expenditures during the intervention period. | — |
Countries
Africa
Contacts
Public ContactLisa Hartwig
The University of Tokyo Department of Community and Global Health
Outcome results
None listed