Interest of pregnant women in the use of SMS (short message service) text messages for the improvement of perinatal and postnatal care

Reproductive Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cormick, Gabriela ^a   Kim, Natalie A ^b   Rodgers, Ashlei ^b   Gibbons, Luz ^a   Buekens, Pierre M ^b   Belizán, José M ^a   Althabe, Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Healthcare; mHealth; Mobile health; Perinatal; Prenatal; SMS text messages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEXT MESSAGING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864524470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-9-9     Document Type: Article

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