Impact evaluation of a digital health platform empowering Kenyan women across the pregnancy-postpartum care continuum: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accelerating improvements in maternal and newborn health (MNH) care is a major public health priority in Kenya. While use of formal health care has increased, many pregnant and postpartum women do not receive the recommended number of maternal care visits. Even when they do, visits are often short with many providers not offering important elements of evaluation and counseling, leaving gaps in women's knowledge and preparedness. Digital health tools have been proposed as a complement to care that is provided by maternity care facilities, but there is limited evidence of the impact of digital health tools at scale on women's knowledge, preparedness, and the content of care they receive. We evaluated a digital health platform (PROMPTS (Promoting Mothers in Pregnancy and Po

SUBMITTER: Vatsa R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11835334 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature