Using cell phones to collect postpartum hemorrhage outcome data in rural Ghana

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-151

  Andreatta, Pamela ^a   Debpuur, Domatilla ^b   Danquah, Abraham ^c   Perosky, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Sene District Hospital   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cell phones; Field research; Health services networks; Information and communication technologies; M health; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; GHANA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOBILE PHONE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 79953767730     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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