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Assessing the impact of mHealth interventions in low- and middle-income countries – what has been shown to work?

Charles S. HallUCL Medical SchoolLondon, UK;UCL Institute for Global HealthLondon, UK
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Edward FottrellUCL Institute for Global HealthLondon, UK;Department of Public Health and Clinical MedicineUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sophia WilkinsonBBC Media ActionLondon, UK
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Peter ByassDepartment of Public Health and Clinical MedicineUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Article: 25606 | Received 29 Jul 2014, Accepted 01 Oct 2014, Published online: 27 Oct 2014

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Google Trends searches for ‘mHealth’ over time (data sourced from Google Trends 25 July 2014).

Fig. 1 Google Trends searches for ‘mHealth’ over time (data sourced from Google Trends 25 July 2014).

Fig. 2 Search and exclusion process for literature review.

Fig. 2 Search and exclusion process for literature review.

Table 1 Types of paper and geographical origin for 76 mHealth publications identified from the literature search

Related Research Data

Text Messaging for Exercise Promotion in Older Adults From an Upper-Middle-Income Country: Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: JMIR Publications Inc.
Developing a theory-driven contextually relevant mHealth intervention.
Source: Informa UK Limited
Using Targeted mHealth Messages to Address Hypertension and Diabetes Self-Management in Cambodia: Protocol for a Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: JMIR Publications Inc.
Health systems readiness for adopting mhealth interventions for addressing non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: a current debate.
Source: Taylor & Francis Group
Using automated voice messages linked to telephone counselling to increase post-menstrual regulation contraceptive uptake and continuation in Bangladesh: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Source: BMC
m‐Health and Global Healthcare
Source: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Improving community health worker performance through automated SMS
Source: ACM Press
DiaFit: The Development of a Smart App for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
Source: (:unav)
Effect of enhanced reminders on postnatal clinic attendance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Source: Informa UK Limited
An Intervention Delivered by Mobile Phone Instant Messaging to Increase Acceptability and Use of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Bolivia: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Source: JMIR Publications Inc.
Developing SMS Content to Promote Papanicolaou Triage Among Women Who Performed HPV Self-collection Test: Qualitative Study.
Source: JMIR Publications Inc.
The impact of mobile phone based messages on maternal and child healthcare behaviour: a retrospective cross-sectional survey in Bangladesh
Source: BMC
Considerations for Improved Mobile Health Evaluation: Retrospective Qualitative Investigation.
Source: JMIR Publications Inc.
Use of a mobile application for Ebola contact tracing and monitoring in northern Sierra Leone: a proof-of-concept study
Source: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Development of a Maternal, Newborn and Child mHealth Intervention in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam: Protocol for the mMom Project.
Source: JMIR Publications Inc.
Assessing the Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of a Tablet-Based Cervical Cancer Educational Intervention
Source: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
practical and ethical constraints in the development of a mobile verbal autopsy tool
Source: ACM
The Aceh Besar midwives with mobile phones project: Design and evaluation perspectives using the information and communication technologies for healthcare development model
Source: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Feasibility of an innovative electronic mobile system to assist health workers to collect accurate, complete and timely data in a malaria control programme in a remote setting in Kenya
Source: Springer Nature
Symptom monitoring of childhood illnesses and referrals: A pilot study on the feasibility of a mobile phone-based system as a disease surveillance tool in a rural health district of Ghana:
Source: SAGE Publications
SMS-based smartphone application for disease surveillance has doubled completeness and timeliness in a limited-resource setting - evaluation of a 15-week pilot program in Central African Republic (CAR).
Source: BMC
Mobile health ethics and the expanding role of autonomy.
Source: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
The Impact of mHealth Interventions: Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.
Source: JMIR Publications
Recent Advances (2011-2012) in Technology-Delivered Interventions for People Living with HIV
Source: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
The Effects of a Locally Developed mHealth Intervention on Delivery and Postnatal Care Utilization; A Prospective Controlled Evaluation among Health Centres in Ethiopia
Source: Public Library of Science
Effectiveness of mobile phone messaging in prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle modification in men in India: a prospective, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial
Source: Elsevier BV
Sources of drug information in neonatal guidelines of low- and middle-income countries
Source: Wiley
eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health.
Source: Springer Nature
Effect of a community health worker mHealth monitoring system on uptake of maternal and newborn health services in Rwanda
Source: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Influence of mhealth interventions on gender relations in developing countries: a systematic literature review
Source: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Exploring the Patterns of Use and Acceptability of Mobile Phones Among People Living With HIV to Improve Care and Treatment: Cross-Sectional Study in Three Francophone West African Countries.
Source: JMIR Publications
Factors that influence the intention to use mobile phone caller tunes for patient reporting of adverse drug reactions: a qualitative study
Source: SAGE Publications
Effects of Social Media and Mobile Health Apps on Pregnancy Care: Meta-Analysis.
Source: JMIR Publications Inc.
Approaches to Mobile Health Evaluation: A Comparative Study
Source: Informa UK Limited

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