SMARThealth pregnancy: the development & evaluation of a complex intervention using mobile clinical decision support to screen, refer and manage pregnant women at high risk of future cardiometabolic disorders in rural India

Thesis

India has witnessed a rapid rise in cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs), and women with high-risk pregnancy conditions including hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at increased risk. In rural India, Community Health Workers (CHWs) deliver antenatal care, and are ideally placed to screen at-risk women in their villages. The aims of my thesis were to design, develop and evaluate a contextually-relevant, theory-informed complex intervention to ...

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Authors: Nagraj, S

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: cardiometabolic disease; pre-eclampsia; global maternal health; integrated care; task-sharing; complex intervention; hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; anaemia in pregnancy; mHealth; gestational diabetes mellitus; high-risk pregnancy
• Subjects: Community health services; Complex interventions; Mobile apps; Maternal health services; Maternal health care teams