| De-Kruijf et al 2016 |
Survey & Focus Group Discussion |
172 |
Community-based |
Males & females |
SMS in community where peer educators have phones |
Community where peer educators have no mobile phone. |
SRH knowledge about STIs, abortion & contraception |
| 14–23 years |
| Ghana |
| Dutch (Netherlands) |
| Ivanova 2019 |
Pre-post design |
90 |
Hospital +Clinic) |
Males & females |
An interactive web-based intervention with posts and discussions. |
Non web-based intervention |
SRH knowledge, adherence intentions and feasibility/acceptability |
| Kenya |
| 15–24 years, |
| Rokicki et al., 2016, Rokicki and Fink 2017 |
RCT |
756 |
School-based |
Females aged 14–24 years & among those in senior high schools |
Interactive weekly text SMS on SRH |
Uni-directional weekly SMS on Malaria. |
SRH knowledge, Self-reported pregnancy, sexual activity, and contraceptive use |
| Ghana |
| Harrington et al., 2019 |
RCT |
260 |
Hospitals |
Females 14 years and above |
SMS sent weekly on SRH |
No SMS (Received standard care) |
Contraceptive use, Exclusive breastfeeding, FP satisfaction, Contraceptive discontinuation and time to first initiation of any method. |
| Kenya |
| L’Engle et al., 2013 |
Evaluation (Quasi experiment) |
506 |
Population based (General public) |
Males and females |
Interactive and menu-based SMS system. |
No SMS intervention |
Feasibility, contraceptive |
| Tanzania |
< 19–40 years, |
| Unger et al., 2018 |
RCT |
300 |
Clinics |
Females, |
SMS weekly motivational message on maternal health |
No SMS- Received standard care |
Facility delivery; Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) and contraceptive use, maternal/infant mortality |
| 14 years or older, |
| Kenya |
| Linnemayr et al., 2017 |
RCT |
332 |
HIV hospitals |
Males & females |
Bidirectional weekly messages on ART |
Standard care (control) |
Adherence to ART |
| Uganda |
Aged 15 to 22 years, |
| MacCarthy et al., 2020 |
Mixed (RCT + Qualitative) |
179 |
HIV clinics |
Males/females |
Own adherence+ peer adherence information |
No intervention. |
ART adherence, feasibility, acceptability. |
| 15–24 years, |
| Uganda |
| Pintye et al., 2020 |
Mixed (Questionnaire +client health information form) |
334 |
Family planning Clinics |
(HIV positive/pregnant/ postpartum women Aged 18–30+ |
Bidirectional weekly SMS in adherence encouragement, & self-efficacy |
Standard care (No SMS) |
PrEP Continuation/Adherence/acceptability |
| Kenya |
| Cele and Archary 2019 |
Cross sectional |
100 |
Hospital |
Males and females |
SMS ART adherence Urban areas |
ART adherence in rural areas. |
Acceptability and feasibility |
| aged 12–19 years |
| South Africa |
