Barnabee 2014.
Country | Timor‐Leste, a half‐island nation, South‐East Asia | |
Resources | Lower middle‐income country | |
Data collection | Interviews, observations, and fieldnotes | |
Health worker category | Professionally licensed midwives | |
Health issue | Maternal and child health | |
mHealth system | Midwives registered pregnant women on smart phones, which was issued to them. The phones were used to (i) receive notifications to follow‐up with their clients at key milestones; (ii) access a list of clients due to give birth in the following week; (iii) send batch short message service (SMS) messages to clients; and (iv) to consult with their clients. Clients received a free SMS service to request a consultation with their midwife over the phone. | |
WHO taxonomy |
2.1 Client identification and registration 2.1.2 Enrol client for health services/clinical care plan |
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Notes | The mHealth study was conducted in 2013. |