Adapting and evaluating smartphone app-enhanced home blood pressure monitoring among pregnant women in Ghana
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Funding Fogarty Program
Mobile Health (mHealth)
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Adapting and evaluating smartphone app-enhanced home blood pressure monitoring among pregnant women in Ghana
Principal Institution
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Lawrence, Emma Rachel; Oppong, Samuel Antwi
Project Contact Information
Email:
emmarl@umich.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2024-2026
Country
Ghana
Project Description
This study will leverage widespread smartphone use in urban Ghana together with accessible technology adapted to the Ghanaian setting to overcome barriers to home blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy. The study will adapt and measure feasibility and acceptability (R21 Phase) and evaluate adherence and clinical response (R33 Phase) of a Bluetooth blood pressure monitor and smartphone app-enhanced home blood pressure monitoring intervention among pregnant women in Ghana.
Implementing home blood pressure monitoring in a low-and-middle-income country setting will provide a critical step toward frequent assessment of blood pressures, earlier diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and prevention of serious maternal morbidity and mortality.
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