Impact of a two-way short message service (SMS) to support maternally administered childhood mid-upper arm circumference monitoring and expand malnutrition screening in Kenya: the Mama Aweza trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Over 52 million children under 5 years of age become wasted each year, but only 17% of these children receive treatment. Novel methods to identify and deliver treatment to malnourished children are necessary to achieve the sustainable development goals target for child health. Mobile health (mHealth) programmes may provide an opportunity to rapidly identify malnourished children in the community and link them to care.

Methods and analysis

This randomised controlled trial will recruit 1200 children aged 6-12 months at routine vaccine appointments in Migori and Homa Bay Counties, Kenya. Caregiver-infant dyads will be randomised to either a maternally administered malnutrition monitoring system (MAMMS) or standard of care (SOC). Study staff will train all caregiver

SUBMITTER: Tickell KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7509951 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature