Using daily text messages to improve adherence to infant micronutrient powder (MNP) packets in rural western China: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of daily text messages as a means to improve caregivers' adherence to infant micronutrient powder (MNP) in rural Shaanxi Province of China. METHODOLOGY: 638 infants aged 6-11 months in 234 villages were involved in a cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT). All caregivers were given free infant MNP packets at baseline in April 2013 and the follow-up survey was in July 2013. We randomly assigned 318 infants in 117 villages to treatment group (receiving daily text message) and 320 infants in the other 117 villages as control group. RESULTS: On average, daily text messages increased the number of MNP packets fed (marginal effect = 4.63; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.16, 9.10). The text message is more likely to increase the consumption of MNP packets if the primary caregiver was the mother (marginal effect = 12.19; 95% CI = 0.69, 23.68). Receiving the text message appears to significantly increase the likelihood of full adherence when the primary caregiver can either check (odds ratio = 2.93; 95% CI = 1.34, 6.40) or knows how to send (odds ratio = 3.26; 95% CI = 1.53, 6.97) text messages. CONCLUSION: Daily text messages improved the consumption of infant MNP packets. However, the impact was not large enough to increase the probability of caregivers being fully adherent to the feeding instruction, which is to feed 5-7 packets per week as recommended. In addition, when the mother is the caregiver and when the caregiver can check or knows how to send text messages there is greater adherence by the primary caregivers. TRIAL REGISTRATION: http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN44149146.
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- Authors
- Wang, X., Luo, R., Liu, C., Zhang, L., Yue, A., Medina, A., & Rozelle, S.
- Affiliations
- World Bank Group (US)
- Peking University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Shaanxi Normal University (CN)
- Stanford University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Luo, Renfu
- Venue
- PLOS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2018-01-19
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- e0191549
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5774801
- OpenAlex
- W2783276827
- Cited by
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- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 1.53
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- Greater South Information System
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (71473239, 71473240)
- the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (PW2.04.01.02)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › ICT in Developing Communities
- Keywords
- text messaging, mobile health, adherence, infant feeding, caregiver behavior, maternal caregivers, rural China, Shaanxi, micronutrient supplementation
- MeSH terms
- Assessment of Medication Adherence, China, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant Food, Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Infant Nutrition Disorders, Male, Powders, Rural Population, Odds Ratio, Drug Monitoring, Caregivers, Micronutrients, Medication Adherence, Text Messaging
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