A realist review of mobile phone-based health interventions for non-communicable disease management in sub-Saharan Africa
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- 作者：Daniel Opoku ; Victor Stephani ; Wilm Quentin
- 关键词：mHealth ; Mobile phone ; Non ; communicable diseases ; Chronic diseases ; Sub ; Saharan Africa ; Realist review ; Health policy
- 刊名：BMC Medicine
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：15
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1562KB
- 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; Biomedicine, general;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1741-7015
- 卷排序：15
文摘
BackgroundThe prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, the use of mobile phones is rising, expanding the opportunities for the implementation of mobile phone-based health (mHealth) interventions. This review aims to understand how, why, for whom, and in what circumstances mHealth interventions against NCDs improve treatment and care in sub-Saharan Africa.