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Feasibility and Acceptability of an Adapted Mobile Phone Message Program and Changes in Maternal and Newborn Health Knowledge in Four Provinces of Afghanistan: Single-Group Pre-Post Assessment Study.

Victoria LebrunLisa DulliSayed Omar AlamiArzoo SidiqiAhmad Shah SultaniSayed Haroon RastagarIftikhar HalimzaiSharif AhmadzaiCatherine S Todd
Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)
This assessment indicates that the pilot MAMA program is feasible and acceptable in the Afghan context. Further research should be conducted to determine whether program participation leads to improved MNCH knowledge, health practices, and health service utilization in this fragile setting prior to larger scale up.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • quality improvement
  • public health
  • mental health
  • health information
  • primary care
  • health promotion
  • body mass index
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • gestational age