Trial reportGlobal public health2022
Learning from a diabetes mHealth intervention in rural Bangladesh: what worked, what did not and what next?
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- Equity impact of participatory learning and action community mobilisation and mHealth interventions to prevent and control type 2 diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in rural Bangladesh: analysis of a cluster randomised controlled trial.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2022Trial
- Application of AI and digital health tools in public health management of T2DM: from mechanism prediction to personalized treatment.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Empowering diabetes care: Patient practices and the role of mobile health - A qualitative exploration.Dialogues in health · 2025Article
- Cognitive function and associations with demographic, socioeconomic, health and behavioural factors among older adult men and women in rural Bangladesh: a population-based cross-sectional study.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Article
- Knowledge comparison amongst telehealth service utilized and never-utilized adults in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- A cluster randomised controlled trial of community groups using Participatory Learning and Action to prevent and control diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in rural Bangladesh.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Smartphone apps pertaining to aquaculture sector in Bangladesh: Current status and future potentials.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Towards women's digital health equity: A qualitative inquiry into attitude and adoption of reproductive mHealth services in Bangladesh.PLOS digital health · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of mDiabetes intervention in enhancing diabetes awareness and promoting healthy lifestyle changes among the general population in rural India.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Impact of Lockdown Measures on Health Outcomes of Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bangladesh.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
There is an urgent need for population-based interventions to slow the growth of the diabetes epidemic in low-and middle-income countries. We tested the effectiveness of a population-based mHealth voice messaging intervention for T2DM prevention and control in rural Bangladesh through a cluster randomised controlled trial. mHealth improved knowledge and awareness about T2DM but there was no detectable effect on T2DM occurrence. We conducted mixed-methods research to understand this result. Exposure to messages was limited by technological faults, high frequency of mobile phone number changes, message fatigue and (mis)perceptions that messages were only for those who had T2DM. Persistent social norms, habits and desires made behaviour change challenging, and participants felt they would be more motivated by group discussions than mHealth messaging alone. Engagement with mHealth messages for T2DM prevention and control can be increased by (1) sending identifiable messages from a trusted source (2) using participatory design of mHealth messages to inform modelling of behaviours and increase relevance to the general population (3) enabling interactive messaging. mHealth messaging is likely to be most successful if implemented as part of a multi-sectoral, multi-component approach to address T2DM and non-communicable disease risk factors.
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