Assessing Mobile Phone Access and Perceptions for Texting-Based mHealth Interventions Among Expectant Mothers and Child Caregivers in Remote Regions of Northern Kenya: A Survey-Based Descriptive Study.
Abdul Momin KaziJason-Louis CarmichaelGalgallo Waqo HapannaPatrick Gikaria WangooSarah KaranjaDenis WanyamaSamuel Opondo MuhulaLennie Bazira KyomuhangiMores LoolpapitGilbert Bwire WangalwaKoki KinagwiRichard Todd LesterPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2017)
Despite the remoteness of northern Kenya's NAL, the results indicate that the majority of pregnant women or care givers attending the maternal, newborn, and child health clinics have access to mobile phone and would like to receive text messages from their health care provider. mHealth programs, if designed appropriately for these settings, may be an innovative way for engaging women in care for improved maternal and newborn child health outcomes in order to achieve sustainable development goals.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- pregnancy outcomes
- pregnant women
- palliative care
- primary care
- mental health
- birth weight
- quality improvement
- affordable care act
- public health
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pain management
- smoking cessation
- metabolic syndrome
- health information
- skeletal muscle
- tertiary care
- gestational age
- chronic pain
- insulin resistance
- weight loss