Accepted for/Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Date Submitted: Jul 3, 2020
Date Accepted: Nov 27, 2021
The Influence of mHealth Design and Implementation Characteristics on the Use of Maternal mHealth Interventions in Kenya: Systematic Literature Review
ABSTRACT
Background:
The growth of mobile technology in developing countries, coupled with the pressing maternal healthcare challenges has led to wide implementation of maternal mHealth innovations. However, reviews generating insights on how the characteristics of the interventions influence use is scarce.
Objective:
We seek to review maternal mHealth interventions in Kenya with the aim of exploring the influence of intervention design and implementation characteristics on utilization by maternal health clients. We also provide a starting inventory of maternal mHealth interventions in the country.
Methods:
Using a systematic approach, a total of 1,100 citations were retrieved from both peer reviewed and grey sources. Articles were screened guided by an inclusion/exclusion criterion, and the results synthesized by categorizing and characterizing the interventions presented in the articles. The first phase of literature search was conducted between January and April 2019, and the second phase was conducted between April and June 2021.
Results:
A total of 16 articles were retrieved, comprising of 13 maternal mHealth interventions. The study highlights various mHealth design and implementation characteristics that may influence use.
Conclusions:
In addition to elaborating on insights that would be useful in design and implementation of future interventions, the study contributes to a local inventory of maternal mHealth interventions that may be useful to researchers and implementers in mHealth. The study highlights the need for explanatory studies to elucidate maternal mHealth utilization, while complementing existing evidence on mHealth effectiveness.
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