Improving the Quality of Antenatal Care Using Mobile Health in Madagascar: Five-Year Cross-Sectional Study.
Anne Caroline BenskiNicole Christine SchmidtManuela VivianoGiovanna StancanelliAdelia SoarobyMichael R ReichPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)
This study shows the potential of an mHealth system to improve the quality of ANC, change provider behavior by standardizing ANC visits, and change patient behavior by increasing the willingness to return for subsequent visits and encouraging ANC attendance early in pregnancy. As this is an exploratory study, further studies are necessary to better understand how mHealth can change behavior and identify the conditions required for behavioral changes to persist over time.