ArticleReproductive health2019
Acceptability, feasibility and utility of a Mobile health family planning decision aid for postpartum women in Kenya.
Article in Reproductive health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07251569 (The Effect of Mobile Application Deveoped for Postpartum Contraception Counseling on Contraception Method Choice and Use), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Mobile Application Deveoped for Postpartum Contraception Counseling on Contraception Method Choice and Use
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Health workers' perceptions and experiences of using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- 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
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- Long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis preferences among pregnant and postpartum women in Kenya: results from a discrete choice experiment.AJOG global reports · 2025Article
- Experiences of social support and the role of engagement in a digital educational support group for adolescent mothers' health in the Dominican Republic.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Views and experiences of young people on using mHealth platforms for sexual and reproductive health services in rural low-and middle-income countries: A qualitative systematic review.PLOS digital health · 2024Article
- Tools for patient-centred family planning counselling: A scoping review.Journal of global health · 2024Article
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- The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Application for Oral Health Education Among Adults in Rwanda.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2024Article
- mHealth interventions for postpartum family planning in LMICs: A realist review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- Gender transformative approaches in mHealth for maternal healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Review
- Understanding ethical challenges of family planning interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
- Women's perceptions about mobile health solutions for selection and use of family planning methods in Karachi: a feasibility study.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Ethical, Legal, and Sociocultural Issues in the Use of Mobile Technologies and Call Detail Records Data for Public Health in the East African Region: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2022Article
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- Perceptions of the use of mobile phones to access reproductive health care services in Tamale, Ghana.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Disrespectful care in family planning services among youth and adult simulated clients in public sector facilities in Malawi.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnmet need for contraception is high during the postpartum period, increasing the risk of unintended subsequent pregnancy. We developed a client facing mobile phone-based family planning (FP) decision aid and assessed acceptability, feasibility, and utility of the tool among health care providers and postpartum women.
methodsSemi-structured in-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted among postpartum women (n = 25) and FP providers (n = 17) at 4 Kenyan maternal and child health clinics, 2 in the Nyanza region (Kisumu and Siaya Counties) and 2 in Nairobi. Stratified purposive sampling was used to enroll postpartum women and FP providers. Data were analyzed using an inductive content analysis approach by 3 independent coders, with consensual validation.
resultsFP providers stated that the Interactive Mobile Application for Contraceptive Choice (iMACC) tool contained the necessary information about contraceptive methods for postpartum women and believed that it would be a useful tool to help women make informed, voluntary decisions. Most women valued the decision aid content, and described it as being useful in helping to dispel myths and misconceptions, setting realistic expectations about potential side effects and maintaining confidentiality. Both women and providers expressed concerns about literacy and lack of familiarity with smart phones or tablets and suggested inclusion of interactive multimedia such as audio or videos to optimize the effectiveness of the tool.
conclusionsThe iMACC decision aid was perceived to be an acceptable tool to deliver client-centered FP counseling by both women and providers. Counseling tools that can support FP providers to help postpartum women make informed and individualized FP decisions in resource-limited settings may help improve FP counseling and contraceptive use in the postpartum period.
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