Title: Community based weighing of newborns and use of mobile phones by village elders in rural settings in Kenya : a decentralised approach to health care provision

Authors: Gisore, Peter

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2012

Journal: BMC Pregnancy and childbirth

Volume: vol. 12, no. 15

PAGE: --

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: pregnancy, childbirth, child health, weights and measures, data collection, mobile telecommunication services, community participation, rural areas, kenya

Abstract: In rural Kenya, pregnancies are often not recorded and birth weights are not accurately known. To obtain accurate birth weights for all infants, village elders were engaged to assist. All elders received weighing scales and mobile phones as tools to assist in subject enrollment and data recording.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3344691/pdf/1471-2393-12-15.pdf

Document type: E-article