A qualitative study to explore strategies to improve the Road to Health Application for maternal and child health outcomes in South Africa.

Background: The Road to Health Application (RTHA) is essentially a digitalized version of the National Department of Health's Road to Health book, and a hand-printed booklet given to mothers at the birth of each baby. The RTHA, like the booklet, provides guidelines for maternal and child health outcomes, with the goal of creating a database of children and caregivers in South Africa and teaching them how to raise a healthy child. This paper explored potential barriers and enablers to using the RTHA in the South African context based on user experiences.