This paper is in the following e-collection/theme issue:

mHealth in the Developing World/LMICs, Underserved Communities, and for Global Health (717) Mobile Health and Apps for Maternal and Child Health (215) Pregnancy Information, Education and Lifestyle Interventions (400) Evaluation and Research Methodology for mHealth (242) mHealth for Patient Education (292) Usability of Apps and User Perceptions of mHealth (1188) Hermeneutics and Interpretation in Implementation Science (12)

Published on in Vol 9, No 10 (2021): October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22653, first published .
Appropriation of mHealth Interventions for Maternal Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: Hermeneutic Review

Appropriation of mHealth Interventions for Maternal Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: Hermeneutic Review

Appropriation of mHealth Interventions for Maternal Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: Hermeneutic Review

Authors of this article:

Priscilla Maliwichi1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Wallace Chigona1 Author Orcid Image ;   Karen Sowon1 Author Orcid Image
Article Authors Cited by (13) Tweetations (4) Metrics

Journals

  1. Simwaka K, Malanga D, Chipeta G. Records management in institutions of higher education in Africa: a hermeneutic literature review. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 2025;74(5-6):1400 View
  2. Sabetrohani H, Koohpayehzadeh J, Sheikhtaheri A, Goli S, Keramat A, Skouteris H. Perspectives of Mothers and Providers regarding Virtual Care Approaches during Pregnancy in High and Low-Income Countries: A Meta-Synthesis on Qualitative Studies. Health & Social Care in the Community 2023;2023:1 View
  3. Gilano G, Dekker A, Fijten R. Effect of mobile phone messaging on uptake of maternal and child health service in southern Ethiopia: Protocol for cluster randomized controlled trial. Clinical Nutrition Open Science 2024;54:89 View
  4. Constantine A, Fantaye A, Buh A, Obegu P, Fournier K, Kasonde M, Jacobs C, Clementina P, Gobina R, Kibu O, Foretia D, Nkangu M, Yaya S, Fort A. Utilisation of mobile phone interventions to improve the delivery of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. PLOS ONE 2024;19(3):e0295437 View
  5. González-Argote J, Sánchez-Castillo V, Gómez Cano C. Economía verde, estado del campo y líneas futuras en el marco del desarrollo sostenible. Suma de Negocios 2024;15(32):70 View
  6. Sowon K, Maliwichi P, Chigona W, Malata A. The role of the community of purpose in maternal mHealth interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa context. Frontiers in Digital Health 2024;6 View
  7. Babirye D, Anderson R. Training and Support Practices and Insights in the Sustainability of mHealth Implementations in Sub-Saharan Africa. ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies 2025;3(1):1 View
  8. Drabarek D, Trinh-Hoang D, Yapa M, Dang T, Vu H, Nguyen T, Do T, Nguyen B, Vu D, Fox G, Bernays S, Mishra S. Examining the challenges in sustaining user engagement with a mobile app to enhance multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) care in Vietnam and its implications for implementing person-centred mHealth interventions. PLOS Global Public Health 2025;5(4):e0004454 View
  9. Maliwichi P, Chigona W, Malata A, Nabukenya J. Factors motivating maternal healthcare clients to use mHealth interventions in rural Malawi. PLOS Digital Health 2025;4(4):e0000805 View
  10. Mbunge E, Jack C, Sibiya M, Batani J. Review of implementation barriers and strategic approaches for improving mHealth systems utilization in Africa: Lessons learnt from South Africa and Kenya. Telematics and Informatics Reports 2025;19:100228 View
  11. Alhaji M, Yusuf M, Umar L, Nyaga R, Okafor A, Meyo F, Shayau Z, Ozohu-Suleiman Y, Isah Z, Dodo A, Abubakar M, Umar A, Abubakar H, Nnatako Kolo H, Adamu U. Applying behavioral science to increase use of maternal care services: Findings from a field experiment in northern Nigeria. Behavioral Science & Policy 2025;11(2):38 View
  12. Saleh S, El Arnaout N, Sabra N, El Dakdouki A, Chamseddine Z, Hamadeh R, Shanaa A, Alameddine M. The Effectiveness of an Artificial Intelligence–Based Gamified Intervention for Improving Maternal Health Outcomes Among Refugees and Underserved Women in Lebanon: Community Interventional Trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2025;13:e65599 View

Conference Proceedings

  1. Jangwanda E, Kapepo M. 2025 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa). A Systematic Review of Mhealth Appropriation in the South African Public Health Sector View