Effectiveness of sms technology on timely community health worker follow-up for childhood malnutrition: A retrospective cohort study in sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSarma, Shohinee
dc.contributor.authorNemser, Bennett
dc.contributor.authorCole-Lewis, Heather
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-16T07:19:59Z
dc.date.available2021-07-16T07:19:59Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe Millennium Villages Project facilitated technology-based health interventions in rural under-resourced areas of subSaharan Africa. Our study examined whether data entry using SMS compared with paper forms by community health workers (CHWs) led to higher proportion of timely follow-up visits for malnutrition screening in under-5 children in Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda.: Children under 5 years were screened for malnutrition every 90 days by CHWs using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) readings. CHWs used either SMS texts or paper forms to enter MUAC data. Reminder texts were sent at 15 days before follow-up was needed. Chi-square tests assessed proportion of timely follow-up visits within 90 days between SMS and paper groups. Logistic regression analysis was conducted in a step-wise multivariate model. Post-hoc power calculations were conducted to verify strength of associations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSarma, S. et al.(2018). Effectiveness of SMS technology on timely community health worker follow-up for childhood malnutrition: A retrospective cohort study in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Health Science and Practice, 6(2), 343–353. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00290en_US
dc.identifier.issn2169-575X
dc.identifier.issnhttps://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00290
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6411
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Agency for International Developmenten_US
dc.subjectSMS technologyen_US
dc.subjectCommunity health workeren_US
dc.subjectChildhood malnutritionen_US
dc.subjectsub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectScreeningen_US
dc.titleEffectiveness of sms technology on timely community health worker follow-up for childhood malnutrition: A retrospective cohort study in sub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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