Florence Mbuthia Author

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Development and validation of a mobile health communication framework for postnatal care in rural Kenya

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Florence Mbuthia

health systems. A need exists for a theory-based framework that may be useful to strengthen postnatal care. This paper describes the development and validation of an mHealth communication framework for postnatal care in rural Kenya. The framework was developed through a multi-methods research design, underpinned by the theory of change logic model. Prior to the development of the framework, two separate studies, were carried out, in addition to a literature review. Thereafter the framework was developed, and forms a third study, which was done in two stages. In the first stage, the authors used the theory of change logic model to integrate the results of the first two studies and the literature review, to develop a draft framework. In the second stage, stakeholders’ input was inte... view more»

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