Barriers to the Use of Mobile Health in Improving Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies to improve population-level health outcomes around the world has surged in the last decade. Research supports the use of mHealth apps to improve health outcomes such as maternal and infant mortality, treatment adherence, immunization rates, and prevention of communicable diseases. However, developing countries face significant barriers to successfully implement, sustain, and expand mHealth initiatives to improve the health of vulnerable populations.

Objective

We aimed to identify and synthesize barriers to the use of mHealth technologies such as text messaging (short message service [SMS]), calls, and apps to change and, where possible, improve the health behaviors and health outcomes of populations in developing cou

SUBMITTER: Kruse C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6811771 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature