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Mobile Phone Messaging to Improve Reproductive Health for Women Living With HIV in Kenya (Mobile WACh Empower)
Sponsor: University of Washington
Summary
Use of a mobile health (mHealth) intervention to provide reproductive life counseling to women living with HIV may improve delivery of integrated reproductive health/HIV services and prevent adverse reproductive health outcomes. The proposed study will evaluate SMS platform and reproductive health counseling intervention in a cluster randomized controlled trial among women receiving routine HIV care, and plan for future implementation with qualitative and health economic analyses.
Official title: Mobile Solutions to Empower Reproductive Life Planning for Women Living With HIV
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
14 Years - 45 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
3310
Start Date
2022-12-01
Completion Date
2026-06-30
Last Updated
2026-02-05
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Digital counseling plus interactive two-way SMS dialogue
We will utilize a digital counseling tool on a tablet to provide initial reproductive life planning counseling while waiting for an HIV care provider. We will then use Mobile WACh, a human-computer hybrid system that enables seamless two-way SMS communication and patient tracking, to provide consistent support to women following enrollment and for up to 2 years. Women will receive automated theoretically grounded SMS messages targeting the appropriate reproductive health needs and will have the capability to respond and spontaneously message a nurse based at the clinic. . Automated SMS will be delivered at times and in languages based on patient preferences, weekly the first 3 months, every other week in months 4-12, and monthly during the last year of the trial. If there is a change in the reproductive health needs, more frequent messaging will be re-initiated at the same frequency as enrollment.
Locations (10)
Bondo sub-County Hospital
Bondo, Kenya
Kisumu District General Hospital
Kisumu, Kenya
Lumumba sub-County Hospital
Kisumu, Kenya
Dandora 2 Health Center
Nairobi, Kenya
Kangemi Health Centre
Nairobi, Kenya
Kenyatta National Hospital
Nairobi, Kenya
Mathare North Health Center
Nairobi, Kenya
Riruta Health Center
Nairobi, Kenya
Rachuonyo District
Oyugis, Kenya
Siaya District Hospital
Siaya, Kenya