biostudies-literatureChakraborty ABill and Melinda Gates Foundatione005489https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8728358biostudies-literatureUnknown6(Suppl 5)<h4>Introduction</h4>Immunisation plays a vital role in reducing child mortality and morbidity against preventable diseases. As part of a randomised controlled trial in rural Madhya Pradesh, India to assess the impact of Kilkari, a maternal messaging programme, we explored determinants of parental immunisation knowledge and immunisation practice (completeness and timeliness) for children 0-12 months of age from four districts in Madhya Pradesh.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were drawn from a cross-sectional survey of women (n=4423) with access to a mobile phone and their spouses (n=3781). Parental knowledge about immunisation and their child's receipt of vaccines, including timeliness and completeness, was assessed using self-reports and vaccination cards. Ordered logistic regressions were used to aBMJ global healthDoes exposure to health information through mobile phones increase immunisation knowledge, completeness and timeliness in rural India?PMC8728358OPP1179252Shah NMiller MAgarwal STiffin NKumar NVed RScott KChamberlain SSahore AShinde ADutt PMendiratta JBhatanagar AWeiss FChandra RMoodley DMitra RNg APenugonda NGopalakrishnan SHonikman SDumke NMohan DChakraborty ASingh ABashingwa JJGodfrey AArora SWhitehead SLabrique AUmmer OKilkari Impact Evaluation TeamParida DMulder NBashingwa JJHLeFevre AERahul SRajput SLeFevre AfalseDoes exposure to health information through mobile phones increase immunisation knowledge, completeness and timeliness in rural India?<h4>Introduction</h4>Immunisation plays a vital role in reducing child mortality and morbidity against preventable diseases. As part of a randomised controlled trial in rural Madhya Pradesh, India to assess the impact of Kilkari, a maternal messaging programme, we explored determinants of parental immunisation knowledge and immunisation practice (completeness and timeliness) for children 0-12 months of age from four districts in Madhya Pradesh.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were drawn from a cross-sectional survey of women (n=4423) with access to a mobile phone and their spouses (n=3781). Parental knowledge about immunisation and their child's receipt of vaccines, including timeliness and completeness, was assessed using self-reports and vaccination cards. Ordered logistic regressions were used to a2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Jul2026-06-08T06:50:07.283Z2026-06-08T03:14:30.935ZS-EPMC87283583431215310.1136/bmjgh-2021-005489