NDLI: Impact of mobile phone-based technology to improve health, population and nutrition services in Rural Bangladesh: a study protocol

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Author	Uddin, Jasim Biswas, Tuhin Adhikary, Gourab Ali, Wazed Alam, Nurul Palit, Rajesh Uddin, Nizam Uddin, Aftab Khatun, Fatema Bhuiya, Abbas
Abstract	Background Mobile phone-based technology has been used in improving the delivery of healthcare services in many countries. However, data on the effects of this technology on improving primary healthcare services in resource-poor settings are limited. The aim of this study is to develop and test a mobile phone-based system to improve health, population and nutrition services in rural Bangladesh and evaluate its impact on service delivery. Methods The study will use a quasi-experimental pre-post design, with intervention and comparison areas. Outcome indicators will include: antenatal care (ANC), delivery care, postnatal care (PNC), neonatal care, expanded programme on immunization (EPI) coverage, and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR). The study will be conducted over a period of 30 months, using the existing health systems of Bangladesh. The intervention will be implemented through the existing service-delivery personnel at various primary-care levels, such as community clinic, union health and family welfare centre, and upazila health complex. These healthcare providers will be given mobile phones equipped with Apps for sending text and voice messages, along with the use of Internet and device for data-capturing. Training on handling of the Smartphones, data-capturing and monitoring will be given to selected service providers. They will also be trained on inputs, editing, verifying, and monitoring the outcome variables. Discussion Mobile phone-based technology has the potential to improve primary healthcare services in low-income countries, like Bangladesh. It is expected that our study will contribute to testing and developing a mobile phone-based intervention to improve the coverage and quality of services. The learning can be used in other similar settings in the low-and middle-income countries.
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ISSN	14726947
DOI	10.1186/s12911-017-0502-9
Journal	BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	17
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2017-07-06
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Health Informatics Information Systems and Communication Service Management of Computing and Information Systems Health services mHealth technology Smartphones Bangladesh
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Subject	Health Informatics Computer Science Applications Health Policy
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