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Digital Medical Care: Securing Mothers' Lives in Rural Kenya Through Mobile Phone Applications

Digital Medical Care: Securing Mothers' Lives in Rural Kenya Through Mobile Phone Applications

Alfred Okoth Akwala
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522580911|ISBN10: 1522580913|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522592075|EISBN13: 9781522580928
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8091-1.ch001
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Akwala, Alfred Okoth. "Digital Medical Care: Securing Mothers' Lives in Rural Kenya Through Mobile Phone Applications." Dialectical Perspectives on Media, Health, and Culture in Modern Africa, edited by Alfred O. Akwala, et al., IGI Global, 2021, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8091-1.ch001

APA

Akwala, A. O. (2021). Digital Medical Care: Securing Mothers' Lives in Rural Kenya Through Mobile Phone Applications. In A. Akwala, J. Ngetich, & A. Theuri (Eds.), Dialectical Perspectives on Media, Health, and Culture in Modern Africa (pp. 1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8091-1.ch001

Chicago

Akwala, Alfred Okoth. "Digital Medical Care: Securing Mothers' Lives in Rural Kenya Through Mobile Phone Applications." In Dialectical Perspectives on Media, Health, and Culture in Modern Africa, edited by Alfred O. Akwala, Joel K. Ngetich, and Agnes Wanjiku Muchura Theuri, 1-18. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8091-1.ch001

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Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every minute, at least one woman dies from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, translating to about 585,000 women losing their lives each year due to child-birth-related complications. Modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) have a pivotal role to play in tackling health-related problems by empowering individuals and equipping decision makers with timely information about critical health issues. This study aimed to evaluate the appropriation of mobile phone applications in enhancing maternal-child health knowledge in rural areas in Kenya with special focus on Busia County. Findings indicated that mobile phone dissemination of maternal health knowledge has a possibility of accelerating access and utilisation of skilled facility services. Therefore, emerging technologies can offer real opportunities to communities by enabling them get reliable and timely information on maternal-child health issues.

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