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ArticleGlobal health action2020

Using a mHealth system to recall and refer existing clients and refer community members with health concerns to primary healthcare facilities in South Africa: a feasibility study.

Willem Odendaal, Simon Lewin, Brian McKinstry, Mark Tomlinson, Esme Jordaan, Mikateko Mazinu, Pam Haig, Anna Thorson, Salla Atkins

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Article in Global health action, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Willem OdendaalHealth Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3295-7283
Simon LewinHealth Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7521-9515
Brian McKinstryUsher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9581-0468
Mark TomlinsonDepartment of Global Health, Institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5846-3444
Esme JordaanBiostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mikateko MazinuBiostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7746-9630
Pam HaigFamily South Africa (FAMSA) Karoo, Oudsthoorn, South Africa.
Anna ThorsonDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8703-6561
Salla AtkinsDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4116-893X
South African Medical Research Council · ZAKarolinska Institutet · SEQueen's University Belfast · GBTampere University · FIUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office ARPG/07/03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultChronic DiseaseCommunity Health WorkersFeasibility StudiesFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrimary Health CareReferral and ConsultationRural PopulationSouth AfricaTelemedicineYoung AdultClient referralcommunity-based servicescontinuity of carehealthcare facilitylay health workersmobile healthprimary healthcarerecall to care

Identifiers

PMID32036781
PMCPMC7034483
OpenAlexW3007935862

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