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Mobile Health Intervention for Infants in Guatemala (18-m Intervention)
Sponsor: Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Summary
Promoting optimal development for children at risk in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is an important global health priority. Supporting caregivers to provide nurturing care is an evidence-based strategy, however feasibility of scaling-up this supporting is limited by competing demands on health workers' time. For infant development, mHealth technologies have the potential to solve this problem by providing tailored content directly to caregivers, involving and empowering them to promote infant development, promoting and facilitating interactions with health workers when areas of concern are identified and, therefore, expanding the reach of healthcare systems. Following a pilot feasibility study, this current study will examine the effectiveness of a caregiver-directed smartphone application to directly engage first-time caregivers in rural Guatemala and support early childhood development.
Official title: Mobile Health Intervention to Promote Positive Infant Health Outcomes in Guatemala
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - 4 Weeks
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
220
Start Date
2024-01-25
Completion Date
2026-07-31
Last Updated
2026-03-05
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Mobile Health (Smartphone) Application
The intervention arm will receive the smartphone application, which has been designed to engage primary caregivers directly in the active monitoring of their infants' development, and to provide tailored feedback and support for the provision of nurturing care. Study staff will make an initial home visit (less than an hour) to install the application on the caregiver phone and demonstrate use and collect baseline data. Subsequently, in the intervention arm, staff will make monthly visits (approximately 15 minutes duration) to assess functionality of the smartphone and answer questions/reinforce use.
Printed Caregiving Materials
The control arm will receive printed caregiving materials. In the control arm, staff will make monthly visits (approximately 15 minutes duration) to ask if there are questions about the printed caregiving materials.
Locations (1)
Wuqu' Kawoq/ Maya Health Alliance
Chimaltenango, Departamento de Chimaltenango, Guatemala