Ante-natal health promotion via short message service (SMS): advancing access to health knowledge for signing Deaf women in Cape Town.

Health SMSs informing community: Can an SMS based antenatal health promotion address language barriers and advance the right of access to health information for signing Deaf women?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201512001352180

Enrollment

Registered

2015-11-19

Start date

2013-06-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Pregnancy and Childbirth Pregnancy

Interventions

Ante-natal health promotion disseminated by mobile phone

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study recruited signing Deaf women of child-bearing age (18-45 years) at two resource poor sites in Cape Town ¿ Khayelitsha and Heathfield.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The following groups were excluded: women who were 45 years of age and who did not have a cell phone

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Knowledge levels about pregnancy	—

Countries

South Africa

Contacts

Public ContactMarion Heap

Senior Researcher

marion.heap@uct.ac.za084 981 3583

Outcome results

None listed

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