Impact of Text Message Reminders on Caregivers' Adherence to a Home Fortification Program Against Child Anemia in Rural Western China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial | |
Zhou H.; Sun, S.; Luo, R. F.; Sylvia, S.; Yue, A.; Shi, Y. J.; Zhang, L. X.; Medina, A.; Rozelle, S. | |
2016 | |
关键词 | middle-income countries young-children micronutrient sprinkles iron supplementation health-care nutrition infants zinc vitamin service |
英文摘要 | Objectives. To test whether text message reminders sent to caregivers improve the effectiveness of a home micronutrient fortification program in western China. Methods. We carried out a cluster-randomized controlled trial in 351 villages (clusters) in Shaanxi Province in 2013 and 2014, enrolling children aged 6 to 12 months. We randomly assigned each village to 1 of 3 groups: free delivery group, text messaging group, or control group. We collected information on compliance with treatments and hemoglobin concentrations from all children at baseline and 6-month follow-up. We estimated the intent-to-treat effects on compliance and child anemia using a logistic regression model. Results. There were 1393 eligible children. We found that assignment to the text messaging group led to an increase in full compliance (marginal effect = 0.10; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.03, 0.16) compared with the free delivery group and decrease in the rate of anemia at end line relative to the control group (marginal effect = -0.07; 95% CI = -0.12, -0.01), but not relative to the free delivery group (marginal effect = -0.03; 95% CI = -0.09, 0.03). Conclusions. Text messages improved compliance of caregivers to a home fortification program and children's nutrition. |
出处 | American Journal of Public Health |
卷 | 106 |
期 | 7 |
页 | 1256-1262 |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
ISSN号 | 0090-0036 |
内容类型 | SCI/SSCI论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/43365] |
专题 | 地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhou H.,Sun, S.,Luo, R. F.,et al. Impact of Text Message Reminders on Caregivers' Adherence to a Home Fortification Program Against Child Anemia in Rural Western China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. 2016. |
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