| Paper 1 |
2018, Acta Pædiatrica, DOI:10.1111/apa.14322 |
Evaluated mHealth intervention's effectiveness in improving ASHAs' knowledge and
skills in Gujarat, India.
Improved knowledge and skills in maternal, newborn, and child health care.
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mHealth intervention potentially enhances ASHAs' knowledge and skills,
indicating mobile technology as a valuable tool in rural health education and
service delivery improvements.
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| Paper 2 |
2017, Trials, 18:270, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-1998-0 |
Cluster randomized trial protocol in Gujarat, India for 'ImTeCHO' mHealth
intervention to improve maternal, neonatal, and child health services delivery
by ASHAs.
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Protocol aims to evaluate 'ImTeCHO' intervention's impact on health outcomes,
focusing on mobile technology's support for health workers in tribal areas.
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| Paper 3 |
2022, Frontiers in Public Health, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.856561
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Evaluated the TeCHO+ program in Gujarat, examining its impact on improving
coverage and quality of maternal and child health services.
Significant improvements in service coverage and data quality.
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The TeCHO+ program significantly improved health service delivery and data
quality, demonstrating the potential of mHealth interventions in enhancing
healthcare outcomes in rural settings.
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| Paper 4 |
2015, Global Health Action, DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26769
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Focused on the development and formative evaluation of the ImTeCHO intervention
to improve MNCH services in rural India.
Found gaps in usual care, leading to the design of an mHealth strategy.
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Pilot showed the intervention to be largely acceptable, feasible, and useful.
Effectiveness to be assessed in future trials.
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| Paper 5 |
2020, Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, DOI:
10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_835_19
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Documents early implementation experience of the TeCHO+ programme in Gujarat,
focusing on data quality and integration of program tasks.
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TeCHO+ has potential to enhance data quality and service coverage, facing
challenges like technology literacy among FHWs.
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| Paper 6 |
2020, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, DOI: 10.2196/17066
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Analyzed cost and cost-effectiveness of the ImTeCHO mHealth intervention in
Gujarat. Found to be cost-effective, saving infant lives at an incremental cost.
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ImTeCHO is a cost-effective intervention, economically viable for improving
infant mortality rates in resource-limited settings.
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| Paper 7 |
2016, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.183168
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Assessed completeness of pregnancy, delivery, and death registration by ASHAs
using the ImTeCHO app in Gujarat. High registration rates observed.
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Highlights potential of mobile technology to improve health event registration
in rural settings.
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| Paper 8 |
2019, PLoS Medicine, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002939
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Cluster-randomized trial evaluated the ImTeCHO mHealth intervention in tribal
areas of Gujarat for improving MNCH services. Showed significant improvements.
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Supports scalability of mHealth interventions to enhance health service delivery
in hard-to-reach areas.
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