Effect of mHealth tool on knowledge regarding reproductive health of school going adolescent girls: a before-after quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study was executed to (1) assess the effect of mHealth (mobile health) tool on knowledge regarding reproductive health (RH) of adolescent girls and (2) determine the utilisation of mHealth tool among school girls.

Design

Before-after type of quasi-experimental study.

Setting

Dhaka North City Corporation in Bangladesh.

Participants

400 adolescent girls aged 14-19 years were selected based on defined criteria.

Interventions

Short message service (SMS) intervention on RH was delivered through a mobile phone.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

8 schools out of 61 were randomly selected in the study area. A total of 400 girls were selected randomly on permission from those schools and parents. SMS interventions were delivered for 8 w

SUBMITTER: Ahmed T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7559042 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature