Assessing the reach and effectiveness of mHealth: evidence from a reproductive health program for adolescent girls in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While mobile health (mHealth) programs are increasingly used to provide health information and deliver interventions, little is known regarding the relative reach and effectiveness of these programs across sociodemographic characteristics. We use data from a recent trial of a text-messaging intervention on adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) to assess the degree to which mHealth programs reach target adolescent subpopulations who may be at higher risk of poor SRH outcomes.

Methods

The study was conducted among girls aged 14-24 in 22 secondary schools in Accra, Ghana. The mHealth intervention was an interactive mobile phone quiz in which participants could win phone credit for texting correct answers to SRH questions. We use detailed data on individuals

SUBMITTER: Rokicki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5738156 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature