Afutendem Nkemngu Blake, Baleba Aubin Nino, Tapondjou Azefack Léon, Nkfusai Claude Ngwayu, Viyoff Vecheusi Zennobia, Nsai Frankline Sanyuy, Shirinde Joyce, Cumber Samuel Nambile
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon.
HIV Free Project, Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Pan Afr Med J. 2019 Aug 19;33:305. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.33.305.17603. eCollection 2019.
Every 90 seconds, a woman dies of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, resulting in more than 340,000 maternal deaths a year. Antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) are significant determinants of maternal health and, particularly, safe motherhood. Antenatal care is an important predictor of safe delivery and provides health information and services that can improve the health of women and infants. mHealth broadly encompasses the use of mobile telecommunication and multimedia technologies as they are integrated within increasingly mobile and wireless health care delivery systems. This study aimed at assessing the acceptable implementation modalities of mHealth intervention on pregnant Women in Dschang health district, West Region of Cameroon.ng ba.
This was a cross sectional descriptive study in the Dschang health district, West region of Cameroon. Key informants were all pregnant women from 18 years and above and a total of 372 pregnant women were included. This study was carried out from March to July 2017.
Majority of the women, that is, 252(67.74%) were married, 117(31.45%) declaredtheir status as being single, while 3(0.81%) were devorced. Out of the 335 women that declared wanting an mHealth intervention, 41.79% of this number preferred SMS texts in the afternoon, 111(33.13%) in the evening, 46(13.73%) anytime and 38(11.34%) in the morning hours. A total of 83.33% women confirmed using telephone services.
This study reveals that cell phones would be the acceptable medium of providing pregnancy and postpartum support to women in the Dschang health district. This is justified by the fact that a vast majority of women interviewed had access to a cell phone and referred to it as their desired and accepted means of communication.
每90秒就有一名妇女死于与妊娠和分娩相关的并发症，每年导致超过34万例孕产妇死亡。产前护理（ANC）和产后护理（PNC）是孕产妇健康尤其是安全孕产的重要决定因素。产前护理是安全分娩的重要预测指标，并提供可改善妇女和婴儿健康的健康信息和服务。移动健康（mHealth）广泛涵盖移动电信和多媒体技术在日益移动和无线的医疗保健服务系统中的应用。本研究旨在评估喀麦隆西部地区贾恩卫生区针对孕妇的移动健康干预的可接受实施方式。
这是一项在喀麦隆西部地区贾恩卫生区开展的横断面描述性研究。关键信息提供者为所有18岁及以上的孕妇，共纳入372名孕妇。本研究于2017年3月至7月进行。
大多数妇女，即252名（67.74%）已婚，117名（31.45%）宣称自己单身，而3名（0.81%）离异。在335名表示希望接受移动健康干预的妇女中，其中41.79%更喜欢下午接收短信，111名（33.13%）希望在晚上接收，46名（13.73%）希望在任何时间接收，38名（11.34%）希望在上午接收。共有83.33%的妇女确认使用电话服务。
本研究表明，手机将是向贾恩卫生区妇女提供孕期和产后支持的可接受媒介。这一结论的依据是，绝大多数接受采访的妇女都能使用手机，并将其视为她们期望和接受的沟通方式。
