Onaedo Ilozumba|Sara Van Belle|Marjolein Dieleman|Loan Liem|Murari Choudhury|Jacqueline E W Broerse
The Effect of a Community Health Worker Utilized Mobile Health Application on Maternal Health Knowledge and Behavior: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde|Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde|Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
background mobile technology mhealth increasingly used achieve improved access quality maternal care particularly rural areas lowand middle income countries 2011 mobile applicationmobile mothers mfm implemented jharkhand india support home visits community health workers chw objective paper assess impact mhealth intervention maternal health methods households 3 subdistricts deoghar district jharkhand selected using multistage cluster sampling approach households sarwan subdistrict received mfm intervention devipur subdistrict received interventions asides mfm implementing nongovernmental organization ngo households mohanpur subdistrict received current standard care women n2200 ages 18 45 delivered baby past one year enrolled study primary outcomes interest maternal health knowledge antenatal care attendance delivery health facility results postintervention women mfm group higher maternal health knowledge likely attend four anc visits deliver health facility compared ngo standard care group controlling predictors women intervention group significantly performed better ngo standard care groups three outcome variables p005 conclusion results indicate although mfm mhealth intervention could influence adherence practice recommended maternal health behaviours could overcome key sociocultural determinants maternal health caste educational status specific indian context mhealth holds continued promise maternal health implementers policy makers must additionally address health system sociocultural factors play significant role uptake recommended maternal health practices