Explaining the impact of mHealth on maternal and child health care in low- and middle-income countries: a realist synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the growing global application of mobile health (mHealth) technology in maternal and child health, contextual factors, and mechanisms by which interventional outcomes are generated, have not been subjected to a systematic examination. In this study, we sought to uncover context, mechanisms, and outcome elements of various mHealth interventions based on implementation and evaluation studies to formulate theories or models explicating how mHealth interventions work (or not) both for health care providers and for pregnant women and mothers.

Method

We undertook a realist synthesis. An electronic search of five online databases (PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar, Scopus, Academic Search Premier and Health Systems Evidence) was performed. Using appropriate Boolean

SUBMITTER: Kabongo EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7941738 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature