ArticleJournal of epidemiology and global health2022
Scaling the Children Immunization App (CIMA) to Support Child Refugees and Parents in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Social Capital Approach to Scale a Smartphone Application in Zaatari Camp, Jordan.
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- Using the WHO building blocks to examine cross-border public health surveillance in MENA.International journal for equity in health · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to maintain essential services for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Antecedents and Consequences of Health Literacy among Refugees and Migrants during the First Two Years of COVID-19: A Scoping Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Innovative strategies and implementation science approaches for health delivery among migrants in humanitarian settings: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Use of an application on the measles vaccine for Warao indigenous refugees in Brazil.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Assessing a digital technology-supported community child health programme in India using the Social Return on Investment framework.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
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- Testing the Impact of Phone Texting Reminders for Children's Immunization Appointments in Rural Cameroon: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Motivational interview-based health mediator interventions increase intent to vaccinate among disadvantaged individuals.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- Children Immunization App (CIMA): A Non-randomized Controlled Trial Among Syrian Refugees in Zaatari Camp, Jordan.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildren vaccination is a key intervention for their survival, especially among refugees. Yet, children vaccination registration is done manually in refugees camps and there is no possibility to send reminders to parents to come back on time. We aimed to boost the parental registration of children's vaccination records on a Children Immunization app (CIMA) while also availing the parents with useful parenting skills under COVID-19-related stress.
methodsWe incorporated United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Parenting Skills under COVID-19 information material, through CIMA in Arabic and English languages. We recruited 1100 children in February-March 2021, through a community health promotion dissemination approach. A team of two nurses from the local population and two volunteers (one trained nurse and one trained social worker), from the camp, was formed. They promoted the CIMA app at two clinics and through households visits in Zaatari refugee camp. Qualitative data on impressions and observations of the interactions with the Zaatari camp community were also collected.
resultsA total of 1100 children, up to 15 months of age, eligible for vaccination were enrolled in CIMA, whereby the staff explained the content of the app in terms of vaccination schedule, health promotion materials for vaccination and parenting skills to their caregivers. During the household visits, the volunteers identified a total of 70 children that have incomplete history of vaccination records (n = 42/70 girls, 60%). Also, opportunities and challenges for scaling the app were documented.
conclusionThe scaling of CIMA as an innovative means of dissemination of risk and health information in challenging context such as refugee camps was feasible. In the context of vaccination needs for children, in refugee settings, such a need is more eminent, particularly in the context of COVID-19.
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