Rajeev Seth|Ibukunoluwa Akinboyo|Ankur Chhabra|Yawar Qaiyum|Anita Shet|Nikhil Gupte|Ajay K. Jain|Sanjay Jain
Mobile Phone Incentives for Childhood Immunizations in Rural India
Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha|Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha|Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center|Saint Louis University|Johns Hopkins University
objectives young children resourcepoor settings remain inadequately immunized evaluated role compliancelinked incentives versus mobile phone messaging improve childhood immunizations methods children aged 24 months rural community india randomly assigned either control group 1 2 study groups cloudbased biometriclinked software platform used positive identification record keeping groups delivery automated mobile phone reminders without compliancelinked incentives indian rupee rs30 us dollar 050 phone talk time study groups immunization coverage analyzed using multivariable poisson regression results july 11 2016 july 20 2017 608 children randomly assigned study groups five hundred fortynine 903 children fulfilled eligibility criteria median age 5 months 514 girls 836 mothers schooling study median duration 292 days median immunization coverage enrollment 33 groups increased 417 interquartile range iqr 231692 401 iqr 308692 500 iqr 308769 end study control group group mobile phone reminders compliancelinked incentives group respectively administration compliancelinked incentives independently associated improvement immunization coverage modest increase timeliness immunizations conclusions compliancelinked incentives important intervention improving coverage timeliness immunizations young children resourcepoor settings