Attribute | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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Population | Various terms are used to categorize young people: “adolescents” refers to 10–19 years; “youth” refers to 15–24 years; and “young people” refers to 10–24 years Studies involving young people (adolescents and youth) aged 10–24 years to which m-Health interventions were delivered for improving their SRH outcomes | Studies involving groups of women, men, and girls under the age of 10 years and over the age of 24 years |
Intervention | Studies included that has involved mHealth intervention to improve ASRH services | Studies involving other ICT interventions, ART compliance reminders, EmONC coverage, managerial and financial level interventions, physical mobile clinics, and teleconsultations |
Comparison | The comparison is the usual standard of care, or in the case of a randomized control trial, the comparison is the control condition | Not applicable |
Outcome | Improvement in adolescent sexual and reproductive health services Behavioral outcomes Improved education and awareness ASR Health outcomes | Studies with other outcomes such as demonstrating skilled birth attendants, emergency care, quality of life, immunization coverage, the cost-effectiveness of the intervention, child development, and others |
Setting | Studies conducted in LMICs | Studies conducted elsewhere |
Study Designs | Randomized and non-randomized controlled trials, pre- and post-test designs, non-experiment observational (cross-sectional, case-series, case studies) and qualitative papers | Commentaries, editorials, symposium proceedings, systematic reviews |
Language | Studies available in the English Language as authors are proficient in this language | Studies which were not available in English translation |
Time period | Studies published between January, 2005 to March, 2018 as the field of mHealth emerged over the last decade | Studies published before January 2005 and after March 2018 |