Enablers and barriers to the acceptability of mHealth for maternal healthcare in rural Edo, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Acceptability has become a key consideration in designing, implementing and evaluating digital health interventions. Current evidence points to acceptability as a crucial factor in sustaining mobile health programs for maternal health across sub-Saharan Africa particularly in Nigeria where the burden of maternal mortality is high. This paper describes the enablers and barriers to the acceptance of Text4Life, a mobile phone-based health intervention that extends maternal healthcare services to rural areas of Edo State Nigeria.

Method

This is a cross-sectional qualitative study of women who used Text4Life, their spouses who were all men and Ward Development Committee chairpersons who oversaw the implementation of Text4Life. This study was set in Etsako East and Esan

SUBMITTER: Udenigwe O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10953930 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature