Published on in Vol 7 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/36619, first published .
Evaluating the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of SupportMoms-Uganda, an mHealth-Based Patient-Centered Social Support Intervention to Improve the Use of Maternity Services Among Pregnant Women in Rural Southwestern Uganda: Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluating the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of SupportMoms-Uganda, an mHealth-Based Patient-Centered Social Support Intervention to Improve the Use of Maternity Services Among Pregnant Women in Rural Southwestern Uganda: Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluating the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of SupportMoms-Uganda, an mHealth-Based Patient-Centered Social Support Intervention to Improve the Use of Maternity Services Among Pregnant Women in Rural Southwestern Uganda: Randomized Controlled Trial

Esther C Atukunda   1 , MPH, PhD ;   Mark J Siedner   2 , MPH, MD ;   Celestino Obua   1 , MD, PhD ;   Angella Musiimenta   1 , MSc, PhD ;   Norma C Ware   3 , PhD ;   Samuel Mugisha   1, 4 , MSc ;   Josephine N Najjuma   1 , MSc ;   Godfrey R Mugyenyi   1 , MD ;   Lynn T Matthews   5 , MPH, MD

1 Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

2 Department of Medicine and Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

3 Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

4 Innovation Streams Limited (iStreams) Uganda, Mbarara, Uganda

5 Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Esther C Atukunda, MPH, PhD
  • Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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