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Table 2 Schedule of enrolment, interventions, and assessments in accordance with activities on WHO focused ANC package

From: A protocol for a pilot cluster randomized control trial of e-vouchers and mobile phone application to enhance access to maternal health services in Cameroon

TIMEPOINTa

June to August 2018

Study period (September 2018 to September 2019)

Formative study

Enrolment

Allocation

Post-allocation

Postnatal and Close-out

Phase I

 

t0 (Baseline)

(ANC #1 (8–12 weeks)

ANC#2 (24–26 weeks)

t1 (ANC# 3

(32 weeks)

ANC#4

t2 Delivery

t3 Postnatal

Key informant interviews and focus group discussions

X

        

Enrolment:

Eligibility screen

 

X

       

Informed consent

 

X

       

Pre-assessment demographics

 

X

       

Allocation

  

X

      

Interventions

[Group A e-vouchers and mobile phones]

   

X

X

X

x

X

X

[Group B control, standard care]

   

X

X

X

x

X

X

Assessments

[medical history, examination, drug history, malaria/HIV screening, antenatal history, hep B screening, on ARV, preeclampsia, echography/fetal movements]

  

X

X

X

x

x

X

 

[outcomes, #ANC, delivery, MMR,FP]

  

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

[Exclusive breastfeeding]

        

X

CHW weekly follow-up

  

X

X

X

x

x

X

X

Resource utilization and management

x

X

X

X

x

x

x

x

X

Economic analysis

        

X

Post Intervention FGD

        

X

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