Table 1.
Sample description.
Table 2.
Summary of results of included studies on mHealth interventions on SRH knowledge, sexual behaviour & contraceptive use.
Table 3.
Summary of results of included studies on mHealth interventions on ART, pregnancy & childbirth and breast feeding.
Fig 1.
PRISMA flow diagram.
Fig 2.
Heat map: Showing the behavioural techniques used as intervention components in each study.
Key: 1 = Goals & planning, 2 = Feedback & monitoring, 3 = Social support, 4 = Shaping knowledge, 5 = Natural consequences, 6 = Comparison of behaviour, 7 = Associations 8 = Repetition & substitution, 9 = Comparison of outcomes, 10 = Reward & threat, 11 = Regulation, 12 = Antecedents, 13 = Identity, 14 = Scheduled consequences. 15 = Self-belief, 16 = Covert learning.
Fig 3.
Number of papers that met mERA essential criteria among the 10 selected studies.
No of studies in each component: Infrastructure [32, 42]; Technology platform [29, 31–34, 37–39]; Interoperability [29, 31–34, 38]; Intervention delivery [29, 31–39]; Intervention content [29, 31–34, 36–39]; Usability testing [29, 31–35, 37]; User feedback [31, 32, 38, 39]; Access of individual participants [38]; Cost assessment [29, 34]; Adoption inputs/programme entry [29, 31–39]; Limitations for delivery at scale [29, 35–38]; Contextual adaptability [31–35, 38]; Replicability [29, 32–34, 37, 38]; Data security [33, 34]; Compliance [29, 32, 34, 36, 38, 39]; Fidelity of the intervention [29, 32–34, 37–39].