Assessing the effect of mHealth on child feeding practice in African countries: systematic and meta-analysis
Girma Gilano, Sewunet Sako, Temesgen Dileba, Andre Dekker, Rianne Fijten · 2023
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Girma Gilano and co-authors review whether mobile health tools improve how young children are fed in Africa, in this 2023 paper. Poor feeding in the first years of life is a wide public health problem. The team searched major databases for trials that compared phone-based support with usual care for mothers after birth.
Six studies with close to three thousand mothers met their rules. Most ran for about half a year. Across them, phone-based support clearly improved feeding practices, such as breastfeeding. The authors still call for larger, better studies that fit local conditions, since place, income, and schooling varied a lot between sites.
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| CREATOR | Girma Gilano, Sewunet Sako, Temesgen Dileba, Andre Dekker, Rianne Fijten |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |