Assessing implementation modalities of mHealth intervention on pregnant women in Dschang health district, West region of Cameroon

dc.contributor.authorAfutendem, Nkemngu Blake
dc.contributor.authorBaleba, Aubin Nino
dc.contributor.authorTapondjou, Azefack Leon
dc.contributor.authorNkfusai, Claude Ngwayu
dc.contributor.authorViyoff, Vecheusi Zennobia
dc.contributor.authorNsai, Frankline Sanyuy
dc.contributor.authorShirinde, Joyce
dc.contributor.authorCumber, Samuel Nambile
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T07:18:05Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T07:18:05Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-07
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION : Every 90 seconds, a woman dies of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, resulting in more than 340,000 maternal deaths a year. Antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) are significant determinants of maternal health and, particularly, safe motherhood. Antenatal care is an important predictor of safe delivery and provides health information and services that can improve the health of women and infants. mHealth broadly encompasses the use of mobile telecommunication and multimedia technologies as they are integrated within increasingly mobile and wireless health care delivery systems. This study aimed at assessing the acceptable implementation modalities of mHealth intervention on pregnant Women in Dschang health district, West Region of Cameroon.ng ba. METHODS : This was a cross sectional descriptive study in the Dschang health district, West region of Cameroon. Key informants were all pregnant women from 18 years and above and a total of 372 pregnant women were included. This study was carried out from March to July 2017. RESULTS : Majority of the women, that is, 252(67.74%) were married, 117(31.45%) declaredtheir status as being single, while 3(0.81%) were devorced. Out of the 335 women that declared wanting an mHealth intervention, 41.79% of this number preferred SMS texts in the afternoon, 111(33.13%) in the evening, 46(13.73%) anytime and 38(11.34%) in the morning hours. A total of 83.33% women confirmed using telephone services. CONLUSION : This study reveals that cell phones would be the acceptable medium of providing pregnancy and postpartum support to women in the Dschang health district. This is justified by the fact that a vast majority of women interviewed had access to a cell phone and referred to it as their desired and accepted means of communication.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSchool of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.panafrican-med-journal.comen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAfutendem, N.B., Baleba, A.N., Tapondjou, A.L. et al. 2019, 'Assessing implementation modalities of mHealth intervention on pregnant women in Dschang health district, West region of Cameroon', Pan African Medical Journal, vol. 33, art. 305, pp. 1-7.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1937-8688 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.11604/pamj.2019.33.305.17603
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/72494
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Field Epidemiology Networken_ZA
dc.rights© Nkemngu Blake Afutendem et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectPregnant womenen_ZA
dc.subjectMobile health (mHealth)en_ZA
dc.subjectDschang health districten_ZA
dc.subjectImplementation modalitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectAntenatal care (ANC)en_ZA
dc.subjectPostnatal care (PNC)en_ZA
dc.subjectMaternal healthen_ZA
dc.subjectSafe motherhooden_ZA
dc.subjectWest Region of Cameroonen_ZA
dc.titleAssessing implementation modalities of mHealth intervention on pregnant women in Dschang health district, West region of Cameroonen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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