Explaining the impact of mHealth on maternal and child health care in low- and middle-income countries: a realist synthesis
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Date
2021
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Springer Nature
Abstract
Despite the growing global application of mobile health (mHealth) technology in maternal and child
health, contextual factors, and mechanisms by which interventional outcomes are generated, have not been
subjected to a systematic examination. In this study, we sought to uncover context, mechanisms, and outcome
elements of various mHealth interventions based on implementation and evaluation studies to formulate theories
or models explicating how mHealth interventions work (or not) both for health care providers and for pregnant
women and mothers.
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mHealth, Mobile phone, Maternal health, Child health, Low- and middle-income countries, Realist synthesis
Citation
Mukumbang, F.C. et al. (2021). Explaining the impact of mHealth on maternal and child health care in low- and middle-income countries: a realist synthesis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ,21(1),196