Shah, N.,Ummer, O.,Scott, K., Bashingwa, J.J.H., Penugonda, N., Chakraborty, A., Sahore, A., Mohan, D., LeFevre, A. & Kilkari Impact Evaluation Team. (2021). SMS feedback system as a quality assurance mechanism: experience from a household survey in rural India. BMJ Global Health 6, Suppl. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005287 [link]
Shah, N., Mohan, D., Bashingwa, J., Ummer, O., Chakraborty, A., & LeFevre, A. E. (2020). Using Machine Learning to Optimise the Quality of Survey Data: Protocol for a Use Case inIndia. JMIR research protocols, 9(8), e17619, https://doi.org/10.2196/17619 [link]
Cognitive interviewing
Pillay, N., Ncube, N., Moopelo, K.,Mothoagae, G., Welte, O., Shogole, M., Welte, O., Shogole, M., Gwiji, N., Scott, L., Moshani, N., Tiffin, N., Boulle, A., Griffiths, F., Fairlie, L., Mehta, U., Lefevre, A.* & Scott, K.* [*Joint senior authors]. (2024) Translating the consent form is the tip of the iceberg: using cognitive interviews to assess the barriers to informed consent in South African health facilities. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 31(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2024.2302553 [link]
Scott, K., Ummer, O. & LeFevre, A.E. (2021). The devil is in the detail: Reflections on the value and application of cognitive interviewing to strengthen quantitative surveys in global health. Health Policy and Planning, 36(6): 982–995. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab048 [link]
Scott, K., Gharai, D., Sharma, M., Choudhury, N., Mishra, B., Chamberlain, S. & LeFevre, A.E. (2019).Yes, no, maybe so: the importance of cognitive interviewing to enhance structured surveys on respectful maternity care in northern India, Health Policy and Planning, 35 (1): 67–77. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz141 [link]
AI to segment populations
Bashingwa, J., Mohan, D., Chamberlain, S., Scott, K., Ummer. O., Godfrey, A., Mulder, N., Moodley, D. & LeFevre, A. (2022). Can we design the next generation of digital health communication programs by leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to segment target audiences, bolster impact and deliver differentiated services? A machine learning analysis of survey data from rural IndiaBMJ Open 2023;13:e063354. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063354 [link]
Consent, Data Governance
Consent
Pillay, N., Ncube, N., Moopelo, K.,Mothoagae, G., Welte, O., Shogole, M., Welte, O., Shogole, M., Gwiji, N., Scott, L., Moshani, N., Tiffin, N., Boulle, A., Griffiths, F., Fairlie, L., Mehta, U., Lefevre, A.* & Scott, K.* [*Joint senior authors]. (2024) Translating the consent form is the tip of the iceberg: using cognitive interviews to assess the barriers to informed consent in South African health facilities. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 31(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2024.2302553 [link]
LeFevre, A., Welte, O., Moopelo, K., Tiffin, N., Mothoagae, G., Ncube, N., Gwiji, N., Shogole, M., Slogrove, A., Moshani, N., Boulle, A., Goudge, J., Griffiths, F., Farlie, L., Mehta, U., Scott, K.* & Pillay, N.* [Joint senior authors] (2023). Preferences for onward health data use in the electronic age among maternity patients and providers in South Africa: a qualitative study. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 31(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2023.2274667 [link]
Data governance
Tiffin, N., George, A., & LeFevre, A. E. (2019). How to use relevant data for maximal benefit with minimal risk: digital health data governance to protect vulnerable populations in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ global health, 4(2), e001395. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001395 [link]
Gender and Digital Innovations
Does phone ownership matter for health? Global DHS analyses
Mohan, D., Bashingwa, JJH., Tiffin, N., Dhar, D., Mulder, N., George, A. & LeFevre, A. (2020) Does having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey. PLoS ONE 15(7): e0236078. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236078 [link]
Women’s phone ownership in India and linkages with health outcomes
Scott, K., Shinde, A., Ummer, O., Yadav, S., Sharma, M., Purty, N., Jairath, A., Chamberlain, S., LeFevre, A.E. & Kilkari Impact Evaluation team. (2021). Freedom within a cage: how patriarchal gender norms limit women’s use of mobile phones in rural central India. BMJ Global Health 6, Suppl. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005596 [link]
Digitisation of Last Mile Providers
MOTECH in Ghana
Willcox, M., Moorthy, A., Mohan, D., Romano, K., Hutchful, D., Mehl, G., Labrique, A., & LeFevre, A. (2019). Mobile Technology for Community Health in Ghana: Is Maternal Messaging and Provider Use of Technology Cost-Effective in Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes at Scale?. Journal of medical Internet research, 21(2), e11268. https://doi.org/10.2196/11268 [link]
LeFevre, A. E., Mohan, D., Hutchful, D., Jennings, L., Mehl, G., Labrique, A., Romano, K., & Moorthy, A. (2017). Mobile Technology for Community Health in Ghana: what happens when technical functionality threatens the effectiveness of digital health programs?.BMC medical informatics and decision making, 17(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-017-0421-9 [link]
Maternal Messaging Programs
MomConnect - South Africa
Barron, P., Peter, J., LeFevre, A. E., Sebidi, J., Bekker, M., Allen, R., Parsons, A. N., Benjamin, P., & Pillay, Y. (2018). Mobile health messaging service and helpdesk for South African mothers (MomConnect): history, successes and challenges.BMJ global health, 3(Suppl 2), e000559. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000559 [link]
LeFevre, A. E., Dane, P., Copley, C. J., Pienaar, C., Parsons, A. N., Engelhard, M., Woods, D., Bekker, M., Benjamin, P., Pillay, Y., Barron, P., Seebregts, C. J., & Mohan, D. (2018). Unpacking the performance of a mobile health information messaging program for mothers (MomConnect) in South Africa: evidence on program reach and messaging exposure. BMJ global health, 3(Suppl 2), e000583. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000583 [link]
Peter, J., Benjamin, P., LeFevre, A., Barron, P., & Pillay., Y. (2018). Taking digital health innovation to scale in South Africa: ten lessons from MomConnect. BMJ Global Health 2018;3:e000592. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000592 [link]
Engelhard, M., Copley, C., Watson, J., Pillay, Y., Barron, P., & LeFevre, A. E. (2018). Optimising mHealth helpdesk responsiveness in South Africa: towards automated message triage. BMJ global health, 3(Suppl 2), e000567. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000567 [link]
Kilkari - India
LeFevre, A.E., Shah, N., Scott, K., Chamberlain, S., Ummer, O., Bashingwa, J.J.H, Chakraborty, A., Godfrey, A., Dutt, P., Ved, R. & Mohan, D. (2022). The impact of a direct to beneficiary mobile communication program on reproductive and child health outcomes: a randomised controlled trial in India. BMJ Global Health;6:e008838. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008838 [link]
Ng, A., Mohan, D., Shah, N., Scott, K., Ummer, O., Chamberlain, S., Bhatnagar, A., Dhar, D., Agarwal, S., Ved, R., LeFevre, A.E., Kilkari Impact Evaluation Team. (2022). Assessing the reliability of phone surveys to measure reproductive, maternal and child health knowledge among pregnant women in rural India: a feasibility study. BMJ Open12: e056076. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056076 [link]
Shah, N., Ummer, O.,Scott, K., Bashingwa, J.J.H., Penugonda, N., Chakraborty, A., Sahore, A., Mohan, D., LeFevre, A. & Kilkari Impact Evaluation Team. (2021). SMS feedback system as a quality assurance mechanism: experience from a household survey in rural India. BMJ Global Health 6, Suppl. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005287 [link]
Scott, K., Ummer, O., Shinde, A. Sharma, M., Yadav, S., Jairath, A., Purty, N., Shah, N., Mohan, D., Chamberlain, S., LeFevre, A.E. & Kilkari Impact Evaluation team. (2021). Another voice in the crowd: the challenge of changing family planning and child feeding practices through mHealth messaging in rural central India. BMJ Global Health 6, Suppl. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005868 [link]
Scott, K., Shinde, A., Ummer, O., Yadav, S., Sharma, M., Purty, N., Jairath, A., Chamberlain, S., LeFevre, A.E. & Kilkari Impact Evaluation team. (2021). Freedom within a cage: how patriarchal gender norms limit women’s use of mobile phones in rural central India. BMJ Global Health 6, Suppl. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005596 [link]
Mohan, D.,Scott, K., Shah, N. Bashingwa, J.J.H., Chakraborty, A., Ummer, O., Godfrey, A., Dutt, P., Chamberlain, S. & LeFevre, A.E. (2021). Can health information through mobile phones close the divide in health behaviours among the marginalised? An equity analysis of Kilkari in Madhya Pradesh, India.BMJ Global Health 6, Suppl. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005512 [link]
Bashingwa, J.J.H., Shah, N., Mohan, D., Scott, K., Chamberlain, S., Mulder, N., Rahul, S., Arora, S., Chakraborty, A., Ummer, O., Ved, R., LeFevre, A.E. and the Kilkari Impact Evaluation team. (2021). Examining the reach and exposure of a mobile phone-based training programme for frontline health workers (ASHAs) in 13 states across India. BMJ Global Health 6:e005299. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005299 [link]
Chakraborty, A., Mohan, D., Scott, K., Sahore, A., Shah, N., Kumar, N., Ummer, O., Bashingwa, J.J.H., Chamberlain, S., Dutt, P., Godfrey, A. & LeFevre, A.E. (2021). Does exposure to health information through mobile phones increase immunisation knowledge, completeness, and timeliness in rural India?BMJ Global Health 6, Suppl. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005489 [link]
Bashingwa, J.J.H., Mohan, D., Chamberlain, S., Arora, S., Mendiratta, J., Rahul, S., Chauhan, V., Scott, K., Shah, N., Ummer, O., Ved, R., Mulder, N., LeFevre, A.E. & Kilkari Impact Evaluation Team (2021). Assessing exposure to Kilkari, the largest maternal mobile messaging programming of its kind in the world: a big data analysis of findings across 13 states in India. BMJ Global Health 6, Suppl. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005213 [link]
Mohan, D., Bashingwa, J.J.H., Dane, P., Chamberlain, S., Tiffin, N., & LeFevre, A.E. (2019). Use of Big Data and Machine Learning Methods in the Monitoring and Evaluation of Digital Health Programs in India: An Exploratory Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc 2019;8(5):e11456. https://www.researchprotocols.org/2019/5/e11456/
Scaling and Sustaining Digital Solutions
Singh, N. S., Scott, K., George, A., LeFevre, A. E., & Ved, R. (2021). A tale of 'politics and stars aligning': analysing the sustainability of scaled up digital tools for front-line health workers in India.BMJ global health, 6(Suppl 5), e005041. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005041 [link]
LeFevre, A., Chamberlain, S., Singh, N. S., Scott, K., Menon, P., Barron, P., Ved, R. R., & George, A. (2021). Avoiding the Road to Nowhere: Policy Insights on Scaling up and Sustaining Digital Health.Global policy, 12(Suppl 6), 110–114. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12909 [link]
Swartz, A., LeFevre, A. E., Perera, S., Kinney, M. V., & George, A. S. (2021). Multiple pathways to scaling up and sustainability: an exploration of digital health solutions in South Africa. Globalization and health, 17(1), 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00716-1 [link]
Chamberlain, S., Dutt, P., Godfrey, A., Mitra, R., LeFevre, A. E., Scott, K., Mendiratta, J., Chauhan, V., & Arora, S. (2021). Ten lessons learnt: scaling and transitioning one of the largest mobile health communication programmes in the world to a national government. BMJ global health, 6(Suppl 5), e005341. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005341 [link]
Peter, J., Benjamin, P., LeFevre, A., Barron, P., & Pillay., Y. (2018). Taking digital health innovation to scale in South Africa: ten lessons from MomConnect. BMJ Global Health 2018;3:e000592. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000592 [link]
Digitisation of Health Information Systems
MCH/RCH in Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan (India)
Scott, K., Ummer, O., Chamberlain, S., Sharma, M., Gharai, D., Mishra, B., Choudhury, N., Mohan, D. & LeFevre, A. (2022). At the frontlines of digitization: a qualitative study on the challenges and opportunities in maintaining accurate, complete, and timely digital health records in India’s government health system. BMJ Open 12: e051193. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051193 [link]
Digitisation of health records in Andhra Pradesh (India)
Nguyen, H., LeFevre, A., Jennings, L., Agarwal, S. Mehl, G., Labrique, A., & Chava, L. (2015). Perceptions of data processes in mobile-based versus paper-based health information systems for maternal, newborn and child health: a qualitative study in Andhra Pradesh, India. BMJ Innovations;1:167-173. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000063 [link]
Mapping the Digital Ecosystem
Ummer, O., Scott, K., Mohan, D., Chakraborty, A., & LeFevre, A. E. (2021). Connecting the dots: Kerala's use of digital technology during the COVID-19 response. BMJ global health, 6(Suppl 5), e005355. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005355[link]
Solution Design
Chamberlain S, Dutt P, Mitra R, Godfrey, A., LeFevre, A.E., Scott, K., Katiyar, S., Mendiratta, J & Chaturvedi, S. (2022). Lessons learnt from applying a human-centred design process to develop one of the largest mobile health communication programmes in the world. BMJ Innovations 8:240-246. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2021-000841 [link]
Economic and Financial Evaluations
LeFevre, A., Mendiratta, J., Jo, Y., Chamberlain, S., Ummer, O., Miller, M., Scott, K., Shah, N., Chakraborty, A., Godfrey, A., Dutt, P., & Mohan, D. (2023). Cost-effectiveness of a direct to beneficiary mobile communication programme in improving reproductive and child healthoutcomes in India. BMJ Global Health 6, Suppl. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009553 [link]
Jo, Y., LeFevre, A., Ali, H., Mehra, S., Alland, K., Shaikh, S., Haque, R., Pak, E., Chowhury, M., & Labrique, A. (2021). mCARE, a digital health intervention package on pregnancy surveillance and care-seeking reminders from 2018 to 2027 in Bangladesh: a model-based cost-effectiveness analysis. BMJ Open 2021;11:e042553. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042553 [link]
Jo, Y., LeFevre, A., Healy, K., Singh, N., Alland, K., Mehra, S., Ali, H., Shaikh, S., Haque, R., Christian, P., & Labrique, A. (2019). Costs and cost-effectiveness analyses of mCARE strategies for promoting care seeking of maternal and newborn health services in rural Bangladesh.PloS one, 14(10), e0223004. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223004 [link]
Jo, Y., Alland, K., Ali, H., Mehra, S., LeFevre, A., Pak, E., Shaikh, S., Christian, P., & Labrique, A. (2019). Antenatal care in rural Bangladesh: current state of costs, content and recommendations for effective service delivery. BMC Health Serv Res 19, 861 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4696-7 [link]
Willcox, M., Moorthy, A., Mohan, D., Romano, K., Hutchful, D., Mehl, G., Labrique, A., & LeFevre, A. (2019). Mobile Technology for Community Health in Ghana: Is Maternal Messaging and Provider Use of Technology Cost-Effective in Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes at Scale?. Journal of medical Internet research, 21(2), e11268. https://doi.org/10.2196/11268 [link]
LeFevre, A., Cabrera-Escobar, A., Mohan, D., Eriksen, J., Rogers, D., Neo Parsons, A., Barre, I., Jo, Y., Labrique, A., & Coleman, J. (2018). Forecasting the Value for Money of Mobile Maternal Health Information Messages on Improving Utilization of Maternal and Child Health Services in Gauteng, South Africa: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(7), e153. https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.8185 [link]
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