Mobile Phone Access and Implications for Digital Health Interventions Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Zimbabwe: Cross-Sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile phones may help young people (YP) access health information and support health service engagement. However, in low-income settings there is limited knowledge on YP's phone and internet access to inform the feasibility of implementing digital health interventions.

Objective

We investigated access to information and communication technologies among adolescents and young adults in Zimbabwe.

Methods

A cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted from October to December 2018 among YP aged 13-24 years in 5 communities in urban and peri-urban Harare and Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. Consenting YP completed a self-completed tablet-based questionnaire on mobile phone ownership and use, and use of the internet. The primary outcome was the proportion wh

SUBMITTER: Doyle AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840276 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature