Evaluating the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of SupportMoms-Uganda, an mHealth-Based Patient-Centered Social Support Intervention to Improve the Use of Maternity Services Among Pregnant Women in Rural Southwestern Uganda: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

SMS text messaging and other mobile health (mHealth) interventions may improve knowledge transfer, strengthen access to social support (SS), and promote positive health behaviors among women in the perinatal period. However, few mHealth apps have been taken to scale in sub-Saharan Africa.

Objective

We evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a novel, mHealth-based, and patient-centered messaging app designed using behavioral science frameworks to promote maternity service use among pregnant women in Uganda.

Methods

We performed a pilot randomized controlled trial between August 2020 and May 2021 at a referral hospital in Southwestern Uganda. We included 120 adult pregnant women enrolled in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive routine antena

SUBMITTER: Atukunda EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10020914 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature