The goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a culturally-tailored mobile interactive education and support group intervention to supplement standard postpartum care activities in comparison to standard care alone on health-related behaviors and health outcomes in a randomized controlled trial among 2100 postpartum Indian women living in 3 geographically diverse Indian states to estimate the impact on maternal and neonatal health-related knowledge, health-related behaviors, and health outcomes. The investigators also seek to characterize mechanisms of impact including knowledge, social support, self-efficacy, and behavior change, and determine the cost-effectiveness.
Pregnant (28-32 weeks gestational age)
Speak local language
Personal mobile phone or willing to accept study phone
Able to provide informed consent
Do not speak local language
No personal phone or unwilling to accept study phone
Unable to provide informed consent
University of California, San Francisco
Lead sponsor
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Collaborator
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
Collaborator
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator
Sangath
Collaborator