A study to assess the feasibility of Text Messaging Service in delivering maternal and child healthcare messages in a rural area of Tamil Nadu, India

Effectiveness of mHealth‐based educational interventions to improve self‐care during pregnancy: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial from northern India

“…Both mHealth‐based interventions significantly improved the KAP on self‐care in pregnancy compared with the standard of care. Our results are similar to previous studies where there was an increase in knowledge, 15,20 attitude on intake of nutritious food, supplementary vitamins, and breastfeeding, 21 improvement in intake of vitamin supplements, following safe travel behaviors using text messages through mHealth‐based education 10,22,23 . This demonstrates that mHealth‐based education using audiovisual materials is more effective than routine verbal health education provided during the routine medical consultations.…”

“…Further, the global adoption of social media‐based technologies provides an avenue for delivering health education for various health conditions, including pregnancy care. In this regard, limited evidence is available on the comparison of the effectiveness of dedicated mobile applications and social media‐based pregnancy self‐care education 15–18 . With this background, we conducted the current study with the primary objective to assess and compare the effectiveness of mHealth‐based educational interventions (dedicated mobile application and Whatsapp‐based) on improving the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of self‐care in pregnancy.…”

“…In this regard, limited evidence is available on the comparison of the effectiveness of dedicated mobile applications and social media-based pregnancy self-care education. [15][16][17][18] With this background, we conducted the current study with the primary objective to assess and compare the effectiveness of mHealth-based educational interventions (dedicated mobile application and Whatsapp-based) on improving the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of selfcare in pregnancy. In addition, we also assessed the satisfaction with the interventions and user-friendliness of the mHealth applications used.…”

Feasibility, acceptability and equity of a mobile intervention for Upscaling Participatory Action and Videos for Agriculture and Nutrition (m-UPAVAN) in rural Odisha, India

“…More active and deliberate engagement with other family members could help further increase the effectiveness of interventions [ 34 , 35 ]. For example, mobile interventions in India have proved successful in improving men’s knowledge of maternal health through text messaging [ 36 ]. Further research is needed to understand whether approaches that include other household members yield greater agriculture and nutrition impacts than those predominantly focused on women and the potential mediating mechanisms.…”

Effects of Female Community Health Volunteer Capacity Building and Text Messaging Intervention on Gestational Weight Gain and Hemoglobin Change Among Pregnant Women in Southern Nepal: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

“…A recent systemic review (33) conducted in low and middle income countries also supported the notion that text or voice messaging reminders improve antenatal care attendance, postnatal care attendance, and childhood immunization rates. In fact, several studies have concluded that mobile text messaging intervention helps maintain appropriate gestational weight and compliance with iron supplements among pregnant women and improve their utilization of MCH care services, especially in rural settings (15,34,35). Another study (36) on the effectiveness and acceptance of repeated texted nutritional messages in college students showed increased knowledge of nutrition and of recommended fruit and vegetable consumption and that students were amenable to receiving such messages.…”