Abstract
Mobile health (mHealth) applications have the potential to improve health awareness. This study reports a quasi-controlled intervention to augment maternal health awareness among tribal pregnant mothers through the mHealth application. Households from 2 independent villages with similar socio-demographics in tribal regions of India were selected as intervention (Village A) and control group (Village B). The control group received government mandated programs through traditional means (orally), whereas the intervention group received the same education through mHealth utilization. Postintervention, awareness about tetanus injections and consumption of iron tablets was significantly (P <. 001) improved in the intervention group by 55% and 58%, respectively. Awareness about hygiene significantly (P <. 001) increased by 57.1%. In addition, mothers in the intervention group who recognized vaginal bleeding, severe abdominal pain, severe blurring of vision, or convulsions as danger signs during pregnancy significantly (P <. 001) increased by 18.30%, 23.2%, 20.0%, and 4.90%, respectively. Our study indicates that despite the low literacy of users, mHealth intervention can improve maternal health awareness among tribal communities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2467-2474 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Nov 2021 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- antenatal care
- health awareness
- mHealth
- maternal health
- sustainable development goals
- tribal mothers
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