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Theory-Based Immunisation Health Education Intervention in Improving Child Immunisation Uptake Among Antenatal Mothers Attending Federal Medical Centre in Nigeria: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Theory-Based Immunisation Health Education Intervention in Improving Child Immunisation Uptake Among Antenatal Mothers Attending Federal Medical Centre in Nigeria: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202006722055635
Enrollment
392
Registered
2020-06-09
Start date
2021-04-18
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

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Conditions

Pregnancy and Childbirth

Interventions

Immunization health education intervention
Usual care

Sponsors

parents
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: i. Antenatal mothers of age above 18 who are in third trimesters (28-37 gestational weeks). ii. Mothers with single pregnancy. iii. Must be mothers who planned to deliver and intended to attend the clinic to immunized their children at Federal Medical Center Gusau. iv. Citizens of Nigeria. v. Those resident in Gusau.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: i. Mothers without good understanding of Hausa language as the intervention will be delivered in Hausa language. ii. Mothers who attended previous health education intervention on immunization will be excluded to minimize confounding, as previous study revealed high immunization uptake among children whose mothers attended previous health education intervention on immunization. iii. Mothers of family with nomadic lifestyle will also be excluded as previous study reported revealed low immunization uptake among children whose mothers’ practice nomadic lifestyle.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
childhood immunization uptake

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Increase in knowledge scores, attitude scores, outcome expectation scores, self-efficacy scores, cultural beliefs scores and assumptions on religious regulations scores.

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactAbubakar Galadima

PhD Student main researcher

galadimamafara@gmail.com+60164565102

Outcome results

None listed

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