Mobile Text Messages-A Silent Revolution for A Sound Antenatal Care

Indira, E.; Thomas, Paul; Hari, M.Sri

doi:10.5958/0976-5506.2017.00399.0

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“…This might be due to pregnant women may obtain treatment support from health professionals including medication adherence and appointment reminders through text messaging. Mobile text messaging was effective in creating awareness of antenatal care and bringing behavioral change among pregnant women by connecting them to the healthcare system [ 26 ]. Messages through the text are an actual notice instrument to encourage better patient appointments and obedience [ 27 ].…”

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Determinant factors of poor adherence to iron supplementation among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A large population-based study

Mekonen

Alemu

2021

Heliyon

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Introduction: Anemia during pregnancy increases the risk of premature delivery as well as maternal and child mortality. More than 40% and almost one-third of pregnant women are anemic worldwide and in Ethiopia respectively. Iron supplementation is important to prevent anemia during pregnancy in developing countries including Ethiopia. Despite this fact, it is at a substandard level in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the determinant factors of poor adherence to iron supplementation among pregnant women in Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted based on the EDHS data for 2016 from two city administrations and nine regions of Ethiopia. A total of 3, 266 women were included. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was employed. P-value < 0.05 and odds ratios were used to determine the significance and strength of association. Results: Those pregnant women who had no mobile telephone [AOR; 0.79, 95% CI (0.65-0.95)], a history of cigarette smoking & alcohol use [AOR; 0.20, 95% CI (0.09-0.45)] and [AOR; 0.77, 95% CI (0.64-0.93)], and less than four antenatal care visits [AOR; 0.56, 95% CI (0.46, 0.68)] had higher odds of poor adherence. Conclusion: Not having a mobile telephone, a history of smoking and alcohol use, and less than four antenatal care visits were determinant factors of poor adherence to iron supplementation. It is important to empower women, strengthen communication for behavioral change, and give attention to counseling pregnant women.

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Determinant factors of poor adherence to iron supplementation among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A large population-based study

Mekonen

Alemu

2021

Heliyon

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“…Out of 27 studies that were included, 15 (56%) of them were conducted in Africa, [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] nine were from Asia, 33,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45] two were from South America, 46,47 and one Australia/Oceania. 48 The other six studies were from six countries, Zanzibar, Nigeria, Samoa, Guinea, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, each contributing one.…”

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“…Of the 27 studies, 22 (81%) addressed client education and behavior change communication. 23,[26][27][28][29][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]50 Most of the studies were assigned to more than one category: Registries/vital event tracking (n=11), [24][25][26][27]30,35,[39][40][41]43,51 data collection and reporting (n=6), 24,27,28,32,38,40 Provider to provider communication (n=2), 34,35 electronic decision support (information, protocols, algorithms, checklists) (n=5), 24,27,[39][40][41] provider work planning and scheduling (n = 2). 26,40 The results of the classification are illustrat...…”

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“…Short message service (n=16), 23,[27][28][29]31,32,35,37,38,[41][42][43][44]47,51 mobile midwife technology (n=1), 33 mHealth intervention (voice message (n=1)) 50 and Mobile phone voucher component, 34 RapidSMS system 32 were among the digital interventions used for client education and behavior change communication. Some studies used multifaceted interventions.…”

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“…A total of 23 studies assessed the effectiveness of digital health interventions on the number of antenatal care visits. Fifteen studies 23,[27][28][29]31,32,34,37,38,[41][42][43][44][45]47,51 treated the topic of antenatal follow-up reminders in improving ANC attendance. Based on the World Health Organization guideline, 6 the reviewed studies are summarized in the following core packages of ANC interventions.…”

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Mapping the Role of Digital Health Interventions to Enhance Effective Coverage of Antenatal Care: A Scoping Review

Endehabtu,

Gelaye,

Mengiste

et al. 2024

JMDH

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Background: Antenatal care (ANC) is a core component of maternal health services. However, only half of the pregnant women in LMICs obtain WHO recommended minimum of four antenatal contacts. In addition, ANC 4+ is a commonly used indicator in monitoring ANC utilization. However, contact coverage alone provides no indications of service quality. In recent years, digital health interventions bring opportunities to provide quality maternal health care. Yet, there are few reviews on how digital health interventions contribute to improving effective coverage of antenatal care. A rigorous review that examines the role of digital health interventions in improving effective coverage of antenatal care is needed to examine how digital health solutions were rapidly deployed to support quality antenatal care service delivery. Objective: This review aimed to map evidence on the role of digital health solutions on quality of antenatal care service to enhance effective ANC coverage. Methods: A scoping review approach was used and four Databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus and Embase) as well as search engines like Advanced Google Search and Google Scholar were searched from September 1 to 8, 2022. Thematic content analysis was used to present the findings. Results: A total of 1701 articles were searched. A total of 27 full-text studies were included in the final analysis. The most reported use of digital health was for client education and behavior change communication. Most studies showed that digital health interventions have proven effective in improving antenatal care. However, most of the studies did not address to assess the quality of ANC services. Conclusion:In this review, we found out that digital health solutions targeted at pregnant women can improve antenatal care services. There is body of evidence showing the effectiveness of digital health interventions on a range of maternal health outcomes. Few pieces of literature exist on the use of digital health interventions on the quality of antenatal care services. There is a need for more trial and program evaluation studies that examine the role of digital health interventions on the quality of ANC.

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Impact of mobile health (mHealth) interventions during the perinatal period for mothers in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Dol

Richardson

Murphy

et al. 2019

JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports

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Objective: The primary objective of this review was to determine the impact of mother-targeted mobile health (mHealth) educational interventions available during the perinatal period in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) on maternal and neonatal outcomes. Introduction: There has been significant growth of mHealth projects in LMICs. The use of mHealth interventions across the perinatal period offers the ability to share information with mothers about essential newborn care and to encourage mothers to attend perinatal clinics to obtain additional in-person support as needed. The impact of perinatal mHealth educational interventions on maternal behavior change and early neonatal mortality and morbidity outcomes in LMICs is unknown. Inclusion criteria: This review considered studies that included mHealth educational interventions targeting mothers living in LMICs during the antenatal or postnatal period using mobile devices. The intervention must have been initiated during the antenatal period (conception through birth) through six weeks postnatally. All experimental study designs were included. Outcomes included maternal knowledge, maternal self-efficacy, antenatal/postnatal care attendance and newborn early morbidity and mortality. Methods: PubMed, Embase and CINAHL were searched on March 19, 2018 for studies published in English. The search was updated on June 7, 2018. Critical appraisal was undertaken by two independent reviewers using standardized critical appraisal instruments. Quantitative data were extracted from included studies independently by two reviewers using a standardized data extraction tool. All conflicts were resolved through consensus with a third reviewer. Quantitative data were, where possible, pooled in statistical meta-analysis. Where statistical pooling was not possible, the findings were reported narratively. Results: A total of 1514 articles were screened, and 71 full-text papers were assessed for eligibility, with 23 articles critically appraised. Following appraisal, three articles were excluded due to poor quality. Of the 20 articles included, 16 were peer reviewed articles and four were gray literature reports. Eight papers targeted antenatal education, eight covered postnatal education and four covered both antenatal and postnatal education. Studies varied in terms of design, country, approach, frequency and content. Mothers who received an mHealth intervention attended a significantly greater number of antenatal care contacts (mean difference = 0.67, 95% confidence interval, 0.35 to 0.99, P = 0.0001) and were significantly more likely to have at least one postnatal care contact between six and eight weeks (odds ratio = 1.36, 95% confidence interval, 1.00 to 1.85, P = 0.05). Maternal knowledge, self-efficacy and neonatal mortality and morbidity were inconsistently reported across studies. Conclusions: mHealth education interventions are associated with increased maternal contact antenatally and postnatally in LMICs. Due to heterogeneity of studies among country of implementation, approach, frequency and content of the mHealth interventions, the impact on other maternal and neonatal outcomes is inconclusive. Future work using mHealth to target maternal education during the perinatal period should focus on standardization of content and outcome evaluations.

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Mobile Text Messages-A Silent Revolution for A Sound Antenatal Care

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Determinant factors of poor adherence to iron supplementation among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A large population-based study

Determinant factors of poor adherence to iron supplementation among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A large population-based study

Mapping the Role of Digital Health Interventions to Enhance Effective Coverage of Antenatal Care: A Scoping Review

Impact of mobile health (mHealth) interventions during the perinatal period for mothers in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

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