Text Messages Based Interventions for Pregnant Women’s Health: Systematic Review

Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to summarize evidence for the effectiveness of text message-based randomized controlled studies

Keywords:

health applications, mobile health, pregnant women primary care, text message.,

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