Mobile phones improve antenatal care attendance in Zanzibar: A cluster randomized controlled trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lund, Stine ^a   Nielsen, Birgitte B ^b   Hemed, Maryam ^c   Boas, Ida M ^a   Said, Azzah ^c   Said, Khadija ^c   Makungu, Mkoko H ^c   Rasch, Vibeke ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Maternal health; mHealth; Mobile phones; Neonatal health; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOBILE PHONE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TANZANIA; TETANUS TOXOID; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892473154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-29     Document Type: Article

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