Takele Gezahegn Demie, Getachew Tilahun Gessese, Berhanu Teshome Woldeamanuel, Tolesa Diriba Biratu, Simegnew Handebo
Adherence to iron supplement intake during pregnancy and associated factors in Ethiopia: Further analysis of a national population-based study
Food science & nutrition
telehealth th utilization cancer care prior covid19 variable research highlights disparities access determined socioeconomic factors including education income race age response covid19 disparities assessed impact personalized digital support structure telehealth task force ttf reduce disparities th performed retrospective review cohorts january 1 2020 august 30 2020 pre th use basic telephone support intervention th access ttf post th access ttf initiation educational material dissemination data collected included successful th access health literacy hl area deprivation index ranking neighborhoods socioeconomic disadvantage adi data analyzed univariate ordinary least squares model adjacent categories ratio model using statistical software r understand relationship ttf hl adi th access included 555 patients january 1 2020 august 30 2020 90 preintervention 194 intervention 271 postintervention excluding patients without adihl ttf support successfully engaged older racially socioeconomically diverse patients th adi significantly higher postintervention group vs preintervention mean difference 766 95 ci 100432 p 0024 patients low hl intervention compared preintervention adjacent categories ratio 062 95 ci 041093 p 0021 covid19 created immediate need th implementation ttf helped close digital divide increasing th access vulnerable patients attention digital readiness mitigate disparities access care future research explore implementation widespread routine digital support initiatives