Evaluating the Adoption of mHealth Technologies by Community Health Workers to Improve the Use of Maternal Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited information exists on the impact of mobile health (mHealth) use by community health workers (CHWs) on improving the use of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Objective

This systematic review addresses 2 objectives: evaluating the impact of mHealth use by CHWs on antenatal care (ANC) use, facility-based births, and postnatal care (PNC) use in SSA; and identifying facilitators and barriers to mHealth use by CHWs in programs designed to increase ANC use, facility-based births, and PNC use in SSA using a sociotechnical system approach.

Methods

We searched for articles in 6 databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, and Africa Index Medicus) from inception up to September 2022, with additional articles identified from

SUBMITTER: Kachimanga C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11462100 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature