NCT04913714

10+10+30 Infant Vaccines Communication Via Radio in Ethiopia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,320 (actual)
• Sponsor: Syracuse University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 5 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A cohort study to investigate the effectiveness of radio intervention comprising 10-minute of drama, 10-minute of discussion led by community extension workers, and 30-minute phone-in from listeners on childhood vaccination coverage and timeliness

Detailed description

The evaluation is conducted in 2 districts located in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. One of the districts will be allocated to receive the 3-month radio intervention while the other district that will not have access to the radio intervention will serve as the control. Data collection includes survey of mothers at two "key" times: at baseline (when infants are at most 5 weeks old; but before beginning the intervention) and at endline (including examination of infant vaccination records) at most 21 days after the end of the radio intervention. The same mothers and infants to be followed at endline.

Conditions

• Infant ALL

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	3-month radio intervention on infant vaccination	Radio intervention comprising 10-minute drama, 10-minute discussion of the drama by trained health extension workers and 30-minute phone-in from listeners

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-13
• Primary completion: 2021-01-31
• Completion: 2021-01-31
• First posted: 2021-06-04
• Last updated: 2021-06-04

Locations

2 sites across 2 countries: United States, Ethiopia