Overview
The overall goal of the MatHealth project is to improve maternal health using a mobile phone-based multimedia application among illiterate women in rural southwestern Uganda. The study develops a theoretically founded and empirically validated conceptual framework demonstrating the initial acceptability and feasibility of the optimal multimedia prototype to support maternal health; designs and develops a multimedia-based mobile technology-based prototype to support maternal health; determines acceptability, feasibility and the impact of the app on maternal health-related knowledge, attitudes and practices; and develops the capacity of two Master students (one at HU and one at MUST) by supporting their education in a health informatics-related field.
Award No: 01DG18004
Participants
- Dr. Angella Musiimenta PhD: Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean - Faculty of Computing and Informatics - Mbarara University of Science and Technology (P.I)
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Prof. Dr. Niels Pinkwart - Humboldt University Berlin Germany (P.I)
Dr. Mugyenyi Godfrey: Faculty of Medicine - Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Co-P.I)
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Dr. Jane Katusiime: Faculty of Computing and Informatics - Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Co-P.I)
Partners
Publications
Musiimenta, A., Tumuhimbise, W., Mugyenyi, G., Katusiime, J., Atukunda, E.C. and Pinkwart, N.
. (2020)
. A Mobile Phone-based Multimedia Application Could Improve Maternal Health in Rural Southwestern Uganda: Mixed Methods Study
. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, [online] Volume . Available at:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32742558/