M‐SAKHI—Mobile health solutions to help community providers promote maternal and infant nutrition and health using a community‐based cluster randomized controlled trial in rural India: A study protocol

Reduction of childhood stunting is difficult to achieve by interventions that focus only on improving nutrition during infancy. Comprehensive interventions that extend through the continuum of care from pregnancy to infancy are needed. Mobile phones are now successfully being used for behaviour chan...

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Published in:Maternal and child nutrition 2019-10, Vol.15 (4), p.e12850-n/a
Main Authors: Patel, Archana B., Kuhite, Priyanka N., Alam, Ashraful, Pusdekar, Yamini, Puranik, Amrita, Khan, Samreen Sadaf, Kelly, Patrick, Muthayya, Sumithra, Laba, Tracey‐Lea, Almeida, Michelle D', Dibley, Michael J.
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Language:English
Subjects:
behaviour change communications
infant and young child feeding
infant growth and development
mHealth
mobile phone communications
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stunting
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Summary:Reduction of childhood stunting is difficult to achieve by interventions that focus only on improving nutrition during infancy. Comprehensive interventions that extend through the continuum of care from pregnancy to infancy are needed. Mobile phones are now successfully being used for behaviour change communication to improve health. We present the methodology of an mHealth intervention “Mobile Solutions Aiding Knowledge for Health Improvement” (M‐SAKHI) to be delivered by rural community health workers or Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) for rural women, below or up to 20 weeks of pregnancy through delivery until their infant is 12 months of age. This protocol paper describes the cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of M‐SAKHI. The primary objective of the trial is to reduce the prevalence of stunting (height‐for‐age 
ISSN:1740-8695
1740-8709
DOI:10.1111/mcn.12850