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Evaluating Essential Coaching for Every Mother Tanzania (ECEM-TZ) as a postpartum text message digital health solution: A randomized controlled trial

2026-03-04 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundText messages are a low-cost digital health solution that can provide information directly to mothers. We aimed to evaluate a text message program, called Essential Coaching for Every Mother Tanzania (ECEM-TZ), designed to improve maternal access to essential newborn care education during the immediate 6-week postnatal period. MethodsA randomized controlled trial was conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. ECEM-TZ consists of standardized text messages from birth to 6 weeks postpartum t...

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