Connecting Female Entertainment Workers in Cambodia to Health Care Services Using mHealth: Economic Evaluation of Mobile Link.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile Link is a mobile phone-based intervention to increase access to, and use of, health care services among female entertainment workers in Cambodia who face higher risks for specific diseases and gender-based violence. A multisite randomized controlled trial showed that Mobile Link connected female entertainment workers with outreach workers for information and escorted referrals after 6 months but did not lead to statistically significant improvements in HIV and sexually transmitted infection testing, contraceptive use, and condom use.

Objective

This study aims to conduct a 3-part economic evaluation of Mobile Link to understand its costs, value, and affordability.

Methods

We conducted cost, cost-effectiveness, and budget impact analyses of Mobile Link

SUBMITTER: Avancena ALV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11310643 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature