Published on in Vol 3, No 1 (2017): Jan-Mar

Assessing Mobile Phone Access and Perceptions for Texting-Based mHealth Interventions Among Expectant Mothers and Child Caregivers in Remote Regions of Northern Kenya: A Survey-Based Descriptive Study

Assessing Mobile Phone Access and Perceptions for Texting-Based mHealth Interventions Among Expectant Mothers and Child Caregivers in Remote Regions of Northern Kenya: A Survey-Based Descriptive Study

Assessing Mobile Phone Access and Perceptions for Texting-Based mHealth Interventions Among Expectant Mothers and Child Caregivers in Remote Regions of Northern Kenya: A Survey-Based Descriptive Study

Abdul Momin Kazi   1, 2 , MBBS, MPH ;   Jason-Louis Carmichael   3 , MPH ;   Galgallo Waqo Hapanna   3 , BSC Stat ;   Patrick Gikaria Wang'oo   3 , MS IT ;   Sarah Karanja   4 , MPH ;   Denis Wanyama   4 , MBCHB, MPH ;   Samuel Opondo Muhula   4 , MSc ;   Lennie Bazira Kyomuhangi   4 , MPH/HE ;   Mores Loolpapit   4 , MBCHB, MPH ;   Gilbert Bwire Wangalwa   4 , MS, MPH ;   Koki Kinagwi   4 , MBCHB, MPH ;   Richard Todd Lester   5 , MD

1 Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2 Division of Maternal and Child Health, Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

3 WelTel International mHealth Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada

4 AMREF Health Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

5 Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Abdul Momin Kazi, MBBS, MPH
  • Experimental Medicine
  • Department of Medicine
  • University of British Columbia
  • Vancouver General Hospital site, 10th Floor,
  • 2775 Laurel Street
  • Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9
  • Canada
  • Phone: 1 (604) 8754111 ext 63140
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  • Email: mominkazi@gmail.com