Feasibility of a Mobile Health Tool for Mothers to Identify Neonatal Illness in Rural Uganda: Acceptability Study.

JMIR MHealth and UHealth
Shababa B MatinSoumyadipta Acharya

Abstract

A shortage of community health workers to triage sick neonates and poor recognition of neonatal illness by mothers contribute significantly toward neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries. Providing low-resource communities with the tools and knowledge to recognize signs of neonatal distress can lead to early care-seeking behavior. To empower and educate mothers to recognize signs of neonatal illness, we developed a neonatal health assessment device consisting of a smartphone app and a wearable sensor (the NeMo system). The aim of this study was to determine if mothers in rural Uganda were willing and able to use the NeMo system during the first week of their infant's life. We also assessed mothers' responses to the device's recommendation to seek care. A total of 20 mothers were enrolled in the study after giving birth in the Iganga District Hospital. Each mother was trained to use the NeMo system to assess her infant for signs of illness before leaving the hospital and was given the NeMo system to use at home for 1 week. Throughout the week, the smartphone tracked the mothers' usage of NeMo, and the study team visited twice to observe mothers' ability to use NeMo. Each mother was interviewed at the end of 1 week to...Continue Reading

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