Preliminary impact of an mHealth education and social support intervention on maternal health knowledge and outcomes among postpartum mothers in Punjab, India by Alison M. El Ayadi, Nadia G. Diamond-Smith, Mona Duggal, Pushpendra Singh, Preetika Sharma, Jasmeet Kaur, Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Navneet Gill, Garima Singh Verma, Alka Ahuja, Vijay Kumar, Laura Weil, Rashmi Bagga

“…Our team developed and pilot tested a provider-moderated group intervention to increase education, communication with providers, to refer participants to in-person care, and to connect them with a virtual social support group of other mothers with similarly aged infants through weekly calls and text chat. Methods We analyzed the preliminary effectiveness of the pilot intervention on maternal health knowledge through 6 months postpartum among 135 participants in Punjab, India who responded to baseline and endline surveys. …”
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