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- The systematic review examined the use of mobile phone technologies for delivering health education in several Asian and African countries, analyzing studies from 2008 to 2011.
- Various studies indicated that mobile health interventions significantly improved health outcomes for chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension, as well as obesity and CPR guidance.
- Overall, the review concluded that mobile phone technologies hold promise as effective tools for enhancing healthcare outcomes in these regions.
Article Abstract
The objective of this systematic review was to explore the role of mobile phone technologies in delivering health education programs in Asian and African countries. The search engine used was Pubmed during 2008-2011. Randomised controlled trials or controlled studies that improved health outcomes through delivery of health educational interventions using cell phone or text messaging were included in the review. Results showed studies from six Asian and African countries including Philippines, China, Kenya, South Korea, Taiwan and India. Mobile phone technology has shown to improve health outcomes for chronic disease conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and hypertension. Additional conditions include obesity and cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidance. Other studies have shown improvement in self management of breast cancer and post-hospitalisation HIV and pharmaceutical care. Overall results of the present review showed that mobile phone technologies can be a possible solution to improve healthcare outcome.
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