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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Designed Interventions on Improving Utilization of Antenatal Care (ANC) Contacts During Pregnancy

Last registered on January 27, 2021

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Designed Interventions on Improving Utilization of Antenatal Care (ANC) Contacts During Pregnancy
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0007088
Initial registration date
January 27, 2021

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
January 27, 2021, 5:12 PM EST

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

Last updated
January 27, 2021, 11:13 PM EST

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
CSBC

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
CSBC
PI Affiliation
CSBC
PI Affiliation
CSBC

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2021-01-29
End date
2021-02-12
Secondary IDs
Abstract
Antenatal care (ANC) is critical for the mother and child’s health. WHO recommends 8 ANC contacts and Indian policy recommends at least 4 ANC contacts, with both pushing for the first contact to be within the first trimester. These requirements are not met in many districts in India due to a variety of reasons. Here, as a Phase I experiment, we plan to remotely test different types of framing of message interventions in order to improve attendance of 4 ANC contacts in two districts in Uttar Pradesh by measuring intentionality to avail ANC contacts and the value perception of ANC services.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Agarwal, Tanya et al. 2021. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Designed Interventions on Improving Utilization of Antenatal Care (ANC) Contacts During Pregnancy." AEA RCT Registry. January 27. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.7088-1.1
Sponsors & Partners

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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Testing the different framing of the intervention messages: gain frame, loss frame, renaming frame, joyful testimonial frame, non-pecuniary frame, heuristics and mental-model frame, and control - in order to increase the intention of availing ANC services as well as the value perception of these services, among women of reproductive age (18-45).
Intervention Start Date
2021-02-01
Intervention End Date
2021-02-12

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Intention of availing ANC services and value perception of ANC services using both stated and reveal preference questions
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Intention through likelihood ratings and an economic game. Value perception through price estimation.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Knowledge, risk perception, perceived norm, self-efficacy, trust-efficacy, and past behavior
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
Each construct is estimated by all the questions referring to that construct. Questions are of the likert-scale rating type, binary yes-no, numerical input, or choosing one of the the predetermined options.

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Our design is a framed field experiment. Women of reproductive age (18-45 yrs.) are eligible and randomly assigned to one of the 7 groups (6 treatment arms and one control). Recruitment is followed by one phone survey that includes both treatment deployment (playing an audio message specific to each arm) and a questionnaire to measure intentionality, value perception, knowledge, attitudes, past behavior, and standard demographics.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Participants who give consent are to be assigned to one of 7 groups using stratified randomization. Stratified random sampling process ensures that equal numbers of pregnant and nonpregnant women are assigned to the different treatment arms. Similarly, assignment to treatment arms is controlled for age groups (18-25, 26-35, 36-45), number of children (no children, children) and primary source of medical care during pregnancy in their households (ANC, private care, home remedies). Done in an office on a computer.
Randomization Unit
At the individual level
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
7 groups.
Sample size: planned number of observations
700 women
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
100 women per group
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
With a sample of 100 per group, a 95% confidence interval, and power of 0.8, we can expect to detect a group difference with an effect size of 0.4 (Cohen’s d) or above.
Supporting Documents and Materials

Documents

Document Name
Questionnaire
Document Type
survey_instrument
Document Description
This is the questionnaire used in the study
File
Questionnaire

MD5: 9ef759ad4162855f7fdb47aca72d6a05

SHA1: 1d0f118bcd900c14da148cac5dd09811966ad5bb

Uploaded At: January 27, 2021

IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Institutional Review Board, Ashoka University
IRB Approval Date
2020-12-22
IRB Approval Number
52_20_Agrawal
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

ANC_PAP.pdf

MD5: de7cec1ef0c4f408fb7c3c6269c4dc99

SHA1: 302350197a37252d98f89b9768211831d9d14df3

Uploaded At: January 27, 2021

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

Study Withdrawal

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

Relevant Paper(s)

Reports & Other Materials