Considerations for Improved Mobile Health Evaluation: Retrospective Qualitative Investigation.
Samantha DickYvonne O'ConnorMatthew James ThompsonJohn O'DonoghueVictoria HardyTsung-Shu Joseph WuTimothy O'SullivanGriphin Baxter ChiramboCiara HeavinPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)
Contextual issues represented one of the most recurrent challenges of mHealth evaluation in the context of a developing country, highlighting the importance of a mixed method evaluation. There is a myriad of social, technical, and regulatory variables, which may impact the effectiveness of an mHealth intervention. Failure to account for these variables in an evaluation may limit the ability of the intervention to achieve long-term implementation and scale.