The effect of mobile phone text message reminders on health workers’ adherence to case management guidelines for malaria and other diseases in Malawi: lessons from qualitative data from a cluster-randomized trial

The effect of mobile phone text message reminders on health workers’ adherence to case management guidelines for malaria and other diseases in Malawi: lessons from qualitative data from a cluster-randomized trial

Abstract Background Mobile health (mHealth), which uses technology such as mobile phones to improve patient health and health care delivery, is increasingly being tested as an intervention to promote health worker (HW) performance. This study assessed the effect of short messaging services (SMS) rem...

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Main Authors: Blessings N. Kaunda-Khangamwa, Laura C. Steinhardt, Alexander K. Rowe, Austin Gumbo, Dubulao Moyo, Humphreys Nsona, Peter Troell, Dejan Zurovac, Don Mathanga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
mHealth
Childhood illness
Malaria
Diarrhoea
Pneumonia
Case management
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2629-2

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