Journal article
The effect of mobile phone text-message reminders on Kenyan health workers' adherence to malaria treatment guidelines: a cluster randomised trial.
- Abstract:
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BACKGROUND: Health workers' malaria case-management practices often differ from national guidelines. We assessed whether text-message reminders sent to health workers' mobile phones could improve and maintain their adherence to treatment guidelines for outpatient paediatric malaria in Kenya. METHODS: From March 6, 2009, to May 31, 2010, we did a cluster-randomised controlled trial at 107 rural health facilities in 11 districts in coastal and western Kenya. With a computer-generated sequence,...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Wellcome Trust
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Lancet Journal website
- Volume:
- 378
- Issue:
- 9793
- Pages:
- 795-803
- Publication date:
- 2011-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
- Source identifiers:
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170127
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:170127
- UUID:
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uuid:b1cb0e6a-45f9-410e-934e-447b62d5d073
- Local pid:
- pubs:170127
- Deposit date:
- 2013-03-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Elsevier Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2011
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Open Access funded by Wellcome Trust.
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