Effectiveness of mHealth interventions targeting health care workers to improve pregnancy outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Amoakoh Coleman, Mary ^a,b   Borgstein, Alexander Berend Jan ^a   Sondaal, Stephanie F V ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Miltenburg, Andrea Solnes ^c   Verwijs, Mirjam ^d,e   Ansah, Evelyn K ^f   Browne, Joyce L ^a   Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d International Institute for Communication and Development   (Netherlands)

^e Change Lake Zone ^*  (Tanzania)

^f Research and Development Division   (Ghana)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Low and middle income countries; Maternal; MHealth; Neonatal; Providers of care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEMEDICINE;

FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84989953812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5533     Document Type: Article

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