Rothstein 2016.
Country | Ghana | |
Resources | Lower middle‐income country | |
Data collection | Interviews and focus group discussions | |
Health worker category | Community health nurses (CHNs), district health information officers, and district health directors | |
Health issue | Maternal and child health | |
mHealth system | The CHNs used mobile phones, issued to them, to support their client care. They were able to track pregnant women and mother‐infant pairs, and received reminders of upcoming and missed appointments of their clients. | |
WHO taxonomy |
2.1 Client identification and registration 2.1.2 Enrol client for health services/clinical care plan 2.3 Healthcare provider decision support 2.3.1 Provide prompts and alerts according to protocol |
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Notes | The mHealth study was conducted in 2011 and 2013. |