ArticleJMIR mHealth and uHealth2018
Multistakeholder Perspectives on Maternal Text Messaging Intervention in Uganda: Qualitative Study.
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- Contextual success and pitfalls of mHealth service for maternal and child health in Africa: An Intervention, Context, Actors, Mechanism, and Outcome (ICAMO) framework guided systematic review of qualitative evidence.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Barriers and benefits of mHealth for community health workers in integrated community case management of childhood diseases in Banda Parish, Kampala, Uganda: a cross-sectional study.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- The Role of mHealth Interventions in Changing Gender Relations: Systematic Review of Qualitative Findings.JMIR human factors · 2022Review
- Cancer as a death sentence: developing an initial program theory for an IVR intervention.Health promotion international · 2022Article
- Do Women in Nepal Like Playing a Mobile Game? MANTRA: A Mobile Gamified App for Improving Healthcare Seeking Behavior in Rural Nepal.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Mobile phone-based Multimedia Application Could improve Maternal Health in Rural Southwestern Uganda: Mixed Methods Study.Online journal of public health informatics · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite continued interest in the use of mobile health for improving maternal health outcomes, there have been limited attempts to identify relevant program theories.
objectivesThis study had two aims: first, to explicate the assumptions of program designers, which we call the program theory and second, to contrast this program theory with empirical data to gain a better understanding of mechanisms, facilitators, and barriers related to the program outcomes.
methodsTo achieve the aforementioned objectives, we conducted a retrospective qualitative study of a text messaging (short message service) platform geared at improving individual maternal health outcomes in Uganda. Through interviews with program designers (n=3), we elicited 3 main designers' assumptions and explored these against data from qualitative interviews with primary beneficiaries (n=26; 15 women and 11 men) and health service providers (n=6), as well as 6 focus group discussions with village health team members (n=50) who were all involved in the program.
resultsOur study results highlighted that while the program designers' assumptions were appropriate, additional mechanisms and contextual factors, such as the importance of incentives for village health team members, mobile phone ownership, and health system factors should have been considered.
conclusionsOur results indicate that text messages could be an effective part of a more comprehensive maternal health program when context and system barriers are identified and addressed in the program theories.
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