Supporting greater access to pre- and post-natal information and services for women in Rural Kenya

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2353-2358

  Thomas, Jakita O ^a   Mibuari, Eric ^b   Rankin, Yolanda A ^c   Tuta, Mathew ^d  

^a SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Pre and post natal care; Rural; Women

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; KENYA; PRE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CARE; SERVICE CONSUMERS; SERVICE PROVIDER; SERVICES DESIGNS; WOMAN;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 79957964609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1979742.1979940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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