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Trial reportInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics2016

Effects of postpartum mobile phone-based education on maternal and infant health in Ecuador.

Julie Maslowsky, Sara Frost, C Emily Hendrick, Freddy O Trujillo Cruz, Sofia D Merajver

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Trial report in International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  4. Mobile phone-based interventions for improving contraception use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  6. Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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5 authors.

Julie MaslowskyDepartment of Kinesiology and Health Education and Population Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. Electronic address: maslowsky@austin.utexas.edu.
Sara FrostDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
C Emily HendrickDepartment of Kinesiology and Health Education and Population Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
Freddy O Trujillo CruzDepartment of Epidemiology, Universidad Técnica Equinoccial and Hospital General Enrique Garcés, Quito, Ecuador.
Sofia D MerajverDepartments of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Funding

XenograftP30CA046592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Alexey I Nesvizhskii · 1988 to 2026
$178.2M
Population Research CenterR24HD042849 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI UMBERSON, DEBRA J. · 2002 to 2016
$8.4M
Training Program in Population StudiesT32HD007081 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI Aprile Dawn Benner, Abigail Mae Weitzman · 1985 to 2026
$6.8M
Scientific & Technical CoreP2CHD042849 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI MARK D. HAYWARD · 2017 to 2026
$5.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046592NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD042849NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD042849NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effects of a mobile phone-based intervention on postnatal maternal health behavior and maternal and infant health in a middle-income country.

methodsA prospective evaluation enrolled consecutive postpartum women at two public hospitals in Quito, Ecuador, between June and August 2012. Inclusion criteria were live birth, no neonatal intensive care admission, and Spanish speaking. Intervention and control groups were assigned via random number generation. The intervention included a telephone-delivered educational session and phone/text access to a nurse for 30days after delivery. Maternal and infant health indicators were recorded at delivery and 3months after delivery via chart review and written/telephone-administered survey.

resultsOverall, 102 women were assigned to the intervention group and 76 to the control group. At 3months, intervention participants were more likely to attend the infant's postnatal check-up (P=0.022) and to breastfeed exclusively (P=0.005), and less likely to feed formula (P=0.016). They used more effective forms of contraception (more implants P=0.023; fewer condoms P=0.036) and reported fewer infant illnesses (P=0.010). There were no differences in maternal acute illness or check-up attendance.

conclusionMobile phone-based postnatal patient education is a promising strategy for improving breastfeeding, contraceptive use, and infant health in low-resource settings; different strategies are needed to influence postpartum maternal health behavior.

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Postpartum PeriodAdultBreast FeedingCell PhoneChildContraception BehaviorEcuadorFemaleHumansInfant HealthInfant, NewbornMaternal HealthProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultBreastfeedingMaternal healthMobile phoneNewborn health

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PMCPMC5927590

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