Antenatal health promotion via short message service at a Midwife Obstetrics Unit in South Africa: a mixed methods study

Health SMSs informing community: Can an SMS based antenatal health promotion address language barriers and advance the right of access to health information and effective health care ¿ and if so, how?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201406000841188

Enrollment

300

Registered

2014-06-03

Start date

2012-07-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Pregnancy

Interventions

Ante-natal health promotion disseminated by mobile phone

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study recruited Pregnant women at first ante-natal booking visit, who were => 18 years of age <20 weeks pregnant

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The following groups were excluded. Women who were 20 weeks pregnant at first booking Women who did not have a cellphone number

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Knowledge levels about pregnancy	—

Countries

South Africa

Contacts

Public ContactMarion Heap

Researcher

marion.heap@uct.ac.za021 406 6978

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026