Paediatrics Routine childhood immunization completion
Conditions
Interventions
Cell phone immunization reminder/recall of parents of children
Immunization providers' training
Combination of immunization reminder/recall and training of immunization providers
Control
Sponsors
The African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For Children (i) Being brought for first immunization visit. (ii) Aged 0-12 weeks. (iii) Any of the child¿s parents possessing at least a cell phone with valid phone number. (iv) Child¿s family living within the community of the study site. For Immunization providers (i) Being a Primary Health Care (PHC) worker that vaccinate children (that is a nurse, a midwife, a Community Health Officer (CHO) or a Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs.) (ii) Having worked for at least three months in the selected study health facility and (iii) Non-participation in any form of immunization training in the last six months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For Children (i) A child who has previously been brought for immunization visit (ii) A child who is older than 12 weeks (iii) A child whose parents do not possess at least a valid phone and phone number (iv) A child whose mother is a temporary residence in the community of the study site For Immunization Providers (i) PHC health workers like doctors, health assistants, laboratory assistants, record assistants and pharmacy technicians. (ii) Newly transferred immunization providers who have not spent up to three months in the study health facilities will be trained but will not be evaluated. (iii) Immunization providers that have undergone training on immunization less than six months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Immunization completed or immunization not completed (that is the receipt or non-receipt of all scheduled routine childhood immunization in Nigeria | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To isolate the effect of each intervention independently and also to evaluate whether combination of both interventions is superior to only one intervention (that is to determine which of the three intervention strategies is most effective in increasing the percentage of routine childhood immunization completion | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Public ContactVictoria Bolanle Brown
Chief Nurse Tutor
Outcome results
None listed