Field experiment on antenatal care in rural Africa

Last registered on November 17, 2018

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Field experiment on antenatal care in rural Africa
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002249
Initial registration date
November 17, 2018

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
November 17, 2018, 10:00 PM EST

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
University of Tokyo

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
Harvard School of Public Health

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2009-06-01
End date
2016-05-31
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This study examines whether antenatal care (ANC) practiced in rural Nigeria improves maternal and child health behaviors and outcomes. We randomize a cash incentive for one ANC visit and information about ANC at the village level. We examine the impacts of these one-shot interventions in the sequence of prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods, over two years after birth. The study covers 1032 pregnant women in 100 villages.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Sato, Ryoko and Yoshito Takasaki. 2018. "Field experiment on antenatal care in rural Africa." AEA RCT Registry. November 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2249-1.0
Former Citation
Sato, Ryoko and Yoshito Takasaki. 2018. "Field experiment on antenatal care in rural Africa." AEA RCT Registry. November 17. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2249/history/37404
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2009-06-16
Intervention End Date
2009-07-21

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Antenatal care, intrapartum care, intrapartum outcomes, postnatal care, child mortality
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Our experiment has four treatment arms: 1) incentive, 2) information, 3) combined, and 4) control. In the incentive group, if women make one ANC visit within a month, they receive 400 naira (US$2.7). In the information group, women are given general information about ANC: recommended visits, its purpose and benefits, and risks of not receiving it. The combined treatment group received both interventions. The control group received no interventions.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Village
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
100 villages
Sample size: planned number of observations
1032 pregnant women
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
27 villages control, 24 villages incentive, 24 villages information, 25 villages combined
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Ethics Committee of The University of Tokyo
IRB Approval Date
2015-12-07
IRB Approval Number
15-168

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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