ArticleBMC public health2018
Development of an intervention delivered by mobile phone aimed at decreasing unintended pregnancy among young people in three lower middle income countries.
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- Barriers to the Use of Mobile Health in Improving Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
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- An Intervention Delivered by Mobile Phone Instant Messaging to Increase Acceptability and Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- The Effectiveness of Family Planning Mobile Application and Enhanced Counseling on the Use of Modern Family Planning Methods Among Postpartum Women in Jordan.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026Article
- Using mHealth to provide sexual and reproductive health services to young people in rural Ghana: health care providers' perspectives.Health policy and planning · 2026Article
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- Involving men and boys in family planning: A systematic review of the effective components and characteristics of complex interventions in low- and middle-income countries.Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Review
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- Exposure to family planning messages and teenage pregnancy: results from the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- The impact of community-based integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health services for youth on population-level HIV viral load and sexually transmitted infections in Zimbabwe: protocol for the CHIEDZA cluster-randomised trial.Wellcome open research · 2022Article
- Use of implementation science to advance family planning programs in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Review
- Development of an intervention to support reproductive health of garment factory workers in Cambodia: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Formative Study of Mobile Phone Use for Family Planning Among Young People in Sierra Leone: Global Systematic Survey.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Perceptions Toward the Use of Digital Technology for Enhancing Family Planning Services: Focus Group Discussion With Beneficiaries and Key Informative Interview With Midwives.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- I-DECIDE: A Social Prescribing and Digital Intervention Protocol to Promote Sexual and Reproductive Health and Quality of Life among Young Cape Verdeans.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Digital Educational Support Groups Administered through WhatsApp Messenger Improve Health-Related Knowledge and Health Behaviors of New Adolescent Mothers in the Dominican Republic: A Multi-Method Study.Informatics (MDPI) · 2020Article
- A Mobile Phone-Based Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention for Female Sex Workers in Kenya: Development and Qualitative Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnintended pregnancies can result in poorer health outcomes for women, children and families. Young people in low and middle income countries are at particular risk of unintended pregnancies and could benefit from innovative contraceptive interventions. There is growing evidence that interventions delivered by mobile phone can be effective in improving a range of health behaviours. This paper describes the development of a contraceptive behavioural intervention delivered by mobile phone for young people in Tajikistan, Bolivia and Palestine, where unmet need for contraception is high among this group.
methodsGuided by Intervention Mapping, the following steps contributed to the development of the interventions: (1) needs assessment; (2) specifying behavioural change to result from the intervention; (3) selecting behaviour change methods to include in the intervention; (4) producing and refining the intervention content.
resultsThe results of the needs assessment produced similar interventions across the countries. The interventions consist of short daily messages delivered over 4 months (delivered by text messaging in Palestine and mobile phone application instant messages in Bolivia and Tajikistan). The messages provide information about contraception, target attitudes that are barriers to contraceptive uptake and support young people in feeling that they can influence their reproductive health. The interventions each contain the same ten behaviour change methods, adapted for delivery by mobile phone.
conclusionsThe development resulted in a well-specified, theory-based intervention, tailored to each country. It is feasible to develop an intervention delivered by mobile phone for young people in resource-limited settings.
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