Developing Low-Cost Universal Malnutrition Screening for Low Income Countries - the MAMMS Trial
Child Malnutrition
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Child Malnutrition focused on measuring Mobile Health, Kenya, Randomized Controlled Trial
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Infant is 6-12 months of age and MUAC of 12.5-14.0 cm
- Access to a mobile phone and can provide a mobile phone number
- Planning to remain in the catchment area more than 6 months and willing to return for 6-month follow up visit
- Mother is willing to be randomized to weekly SMS and measure and send weekly infant MUAC via SMS
- Able to read or write or has someone to help them read or write
Exclusion Criteria:
- Infant is currently on treatment for malnutrition
- Inability to provide a mobile phone number
- Mothers that could not read or write and did not have someone to help them read or write
Sites / Locations
- Homa Bay County Referral Hospital
- Nyatike (Macalder) Sub-County HospitalRecruiting
- Migori County Referral HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Maternal Administered Malnutrition Monitoring System (MAMMS)
Standard of care (SOC)
Participants randomized to the MAMMS arm will receive MUAC training and nutritional education at enrollment. A short message service (SMS) message will be sent at 7 days following enrollment asking them to measure and send their child's MUAC. Weekly SMS messages asking for the child's MUAC measurement will be sent every 7 days until the last study visit at 180 days following enrollment.
Participants randomized to the standard of care (SOC) arm will receive the same MUAC training and nutritional education as mothers in the MAMMS arm. To accurately simulate community malnutrition outreach programs, no SMS message will be sent to participants in this arm.