mHealth in the Developing World/LMICs, Underserved Communities, and for Global Health

LMIC = low and middle income countries. As the issues regarding digital health penetration and digital divide is also evident in underserved communities such as aboriginal/indiginous communities in industrialized countries, these studies will be in this section as well.

See also Health Services in Resource-Poor Settings and LMICs.

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2017

Developing mHealth Messages to Promote Postmenstrual Regulation Contraceptive Use in Bangladesh: Participatory Interview Study

Elisabeth Eckersberger, Erin Pearson, Kathryn Andersen, Altaf Hossain, Katharine Footman, Kamal Kanti Biswas, Sadid Nuremowla, Kate Reiss

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (Dec 14); 5(12):e174

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How Do Infant Feeding Apps in China Measure Up? A Content Quality Assessment

How Do Infant Feeding Apps in China Measure Up? A Content Quality Assessment

Jing Zhao, Becky Freeman, Mu Li

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (Dec 06); 5(12):e186

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App-Supported Promotion of Child Growth and Development by Community Health Workers in Kenya: Feasibility and Acceptability Study

App-Supported Promotion of Child Growth and Development by Community Health Workers in Kenya: Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Alastair van Heerden, Debjeet Sen, Chris Desmond, Julia Louw, Linda Richter

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (Dec 05); 5(12):e182

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Using Android and Open Data Kit Technology in Data Management for Research in Resource-Limited Settings in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Household Survey

Using Android and Open Data Kit Technology in Data Management for Research in Resource-Limited Settings in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Household Survey

Omosivie Maduka, Godwin Akpan, Sylvester Maleghemi

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (Nov 30); 5(11):e171

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Performance of a Mobile Phone App-Based Participatory Syndromic Surveillance System for Acute Febrile Illness and Acute Gastroenteritis in Rural Guatemala

Performance of a Mobile Phone App-Based Participatory Syndromic Surveillance System for Acute Febrile Illness and Acute Gastroenteritis in Rural Guatemala

Daniel Olson, Molly Lamb, Maria Renee Lopez, Kathryn Colborn, Alejandra Paniagua-Avila, Alma Zacarias, Ricardo Zambrano-Perilla, Sergio Ricardo Rodríguez-Castro, Celia Cordon-Rosales, Edwin Jose Asturias

J Med Internet Res 2017 (Nov 09); 19(11):e368

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Guidelines and mHealth to Improve Quality of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Care for Vulnerable Populations in Lebanon: Longitudinal Cohort Study

Guidelines and mHealth to Improve Quality of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Care for Vulnerable Populations in Lebanon: Longitudinal Cohort Study

Shannon Doocy, Kenneth E Paik, Emily Lyles, Hok Hei Tam, Zeina Fahed, Eric Winkler, Kaisa Kontunen, Abdalla Mkanna, Gilbert Burnham

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (Oct 18); 5(10):e158

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Tackling Regional Public Health Issues Using Mobile Health Technology: Event Report of an mHealth Hackathon in Thailand

Tackling Regional Public Health Issues Using Mobile Health Technology: Event Report of an mHealth Hackathon in Thailand

Atipong Pathanasethpong, Chitsutha Soomlek, Katharine Morley, Michael Morley, Pattarawit Polpinit, Alon Dagan, James W Weis, Leo Anthony Celi

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (Oct 16); 5(10):e155

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Using Mobile Phones to Improve Vaccination Uptake in 21 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review

Using Mobile Phones to Improve Vaccination Uptake in 21 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review

Clare Oliver-Williams, Elizabeth Brown, Sara Devereux, Cassandra Fairhead, Isaac Holeman

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (Oct 04); 5(10):e148

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Lessons From the Implementation of Mo-Buzz, a Mobile Pandemic Surveillance System for Dengue

Lessons From the Implementation of Mo-Buzz, a Mobile Pandemic Surveillance System for Dengue

May Oo Lwin, Karthikayen Jayasundar, Anita Sheldenkar, Ruwan Wijayamuni, Prasad Wimalaratne, Kacey C Ernst, Schubert Foo

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2017 (Oct 02); 3(4):e65

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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Text Message-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Young Adults in Lima, Peru: Pilot Study

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Text Message-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Young Adults in Lima, Peru: Pilot Study

Dora Blitchtein-Winicki, Karine Zevallos, M Reuven Samolski, David Requena, Chaska Velarde, Patricia Briceño, Marina Piazza, Michele L Ybarra

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (Aug 04); 5(8):e116

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Content Analysis of Smartphone Apps for Smoking Cessation in China: Empirical Study

Content Analysis of Smartphone Apps for Smoking Cessation in China: Empirical Study

Feng Cheng, Junfang Xu, Chunyan Su, Xiaoxing Fu, Jonathan Bricker

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (Jul 11); 5(7):e93

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Mobile Phone Short Messages to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding and Reduce Adverse Infant Feeding Practices: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial in Yangon, Myanmar

Mobile Phone Short Messages to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding and Reduce Adverse Infant Feeding Practices: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial in Yangon, Myanmar

Myat Pan Hmone, Mu Li, Ashraful Alam, Michael J Dibley

JMIR Res Protoc 2017 (Jun 28); 6(6):e126

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What Predicts Online Health Information-Seeking Behavior Among Egyptian Adults? A Cross-Sectional Study

What Predicts Online Health Information-Seeking Behavior Among Egyptian Adults? A Cross-Sectional Study

Mayada Ghweeba, Antje Lindenmeyer, Sobhi Shishi, Mostafa Abbas, Amani Waheed, Shaymaa Amer

J Med Internet Res 2017 (Jun 22); 19(6):e216

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A Smartphone-Based Approach for Triage of Human Papillomavirus-Positive Sub-Saharan African Women: A Prospective Study

A Smartphone-Based Approach for Triage of Human Papillomavirus-Positive Sub-Saharan African Women: A Prospective Study

Esther Urner, Martine Delavy, Rosa Catarino, Manuela Viviano, Ulrike Meyer-Hamme, Anne-Caroline Benski, Jeromine Jinoro, Josea Lea Heriniainasolo, Manuela Undurraga, Hugo De Vuyst, Christophe Combescure, Pierre Vassilakos, Patrick Petignat

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017 (May 29); 5(5):e72

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An mHealth Framework to Improve Birth Outcomes in Benue State, Nigeria: A Study Protocol

An mHealth Framework to Improve Birth Outcomes in Benue State, Nigeria: A Study Protocol

Echezona Edozie Ezeanolue, Semiu Olatunde Gbadamosi, John Olajide Olawepo, Juliet Iwelunmor, Daniel Sarpong, Chuka Eze, Amaka Ogidi, Dina Patel, Chima Onoka

JMIR Res Protoc 2017 (May 26); 6(5):e100

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Building the Evidence Base for Remote Data Collection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Comparing Reliability and Accuracy Across Survey Modalities

Building the Evidence Base for Remote Data Collection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Comparing Reliability and Accuracy Across Survey Modalities

Abigail R Greenleaf, Dustin G Gibson, Christelle Khattar, Alain B Labrique, George W Pariyo

J Med Internet Res 2017 (May 05); 19(5):e140

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Leveraging Mobile Phones for Monitoring Risks for Noncommunicable Diseases in the Future

Leveraging Mobile Phones for Monitoring Risks for Noncommunicable Diseases in the Future

Jennifer A Ellis

J Med Internet Res 2017 (May 05); 19(5):e137

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Mobile Phone Surveys for Collecting Population-Level Estimates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Literature Review

Mobile Phone Surveys for Collecting Population-Level Estimates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Literature Review

Dustin G Gibson, Amanda Pereira, Brooke A Farrenkopf, Alain B Labrique, George W Pariyo, Adnan A Hyder

J Med Internet Res 2017 (May 05); 19(5):e139

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The Development of an Interactive Voice Response Survey for Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factor Estimation: Technical Assessment and Cognitive Testing

The Development of an Interactive Voice Response Survey for Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factor Estimation: Technical Assessment and Cognitive Testing

Dustin G Gibson, Brooke A Farrenkopf, Amanda Pereira, Alain B Labrique, George William Pariyo

J Med Internet Res 2017 (May 05); 19(5):e112

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Health Surveys Using Mobile Phones in Developing Countries: Automated Active Strata Monitoring and Other Statistical Considerations for Improving Precision and Reducing Biases

Health Surveys Using Mobile Phones in Developing Countries: Automated Active Strata Monitoring and Other Statistical Considerations for Improving Precision and Reducing Biases

Alain Labrique, Emily Blynn, Saifuddin Ahmed, Dustin Gibson, George Pariyo, Adnan A Hyder

J Med Internet Res 2017 (May 05); 19(5):e121

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