The effectiveness of mHealth interventions for maternal, newborn and child health in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Nurmatov, Ulugbek; Pagliari, Claudia; Lee, Siew Hwa; Grant, Liz; Nwaru, Bright; Mukherjee, Mome

Abstract

This review looks into the impact of interventions delivered via mobile information and communications technologies (mHealth) on: maternal health during the antenatal, intranatal and postnatal periods; foetal, neonatal and infant health up to one year; child health up to the age of 5 years; utilisation of maternal and child health services, and; quality of maternal and child health services.

• Other Type: Experiment
• Publication Date: Nov 8, 2015
• Publisher: University of York. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
• Institution Citation: NURMATOV, U., PAGLIARI, C., LEE, S.H., GRANT, L., NWARU, B. and MUKHERJEE, M. 2014. The effectiveness of mHealth interventions for maternal, newborn and child health in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [Protocol]. PROSPERO [online], item number CRD42014008939. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15124/CRD42014008939
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.15124/CRD42014008939
• Keywords: Child health; Developing countries; Infant health; Pregnancy; Telemedicine
• Related Public URLs: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1681 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1682