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Evidence has shown that healthcare providers can be empowered to adopt and utilize mHealth tools when they are aligned to their needs, workload, training and skills (Abejirinde et al., 2018). mHealth interventions may be effective solutions to improve maternal and perinatal service utilization, but further studies assessing their impact on maternal and perinatal outcomes are needed (Sondaal et al., 2016). The primary aim of this systematic review is to synthesize the available evidence on the use of mHealth clinical decision-making tools by healthcare workers for maternal and perinatal care, and whether these tools lead to improvements in the quality of maternal and perinatal care in SSA.

已有研究表明，若移动医疗（mHealth）工具契合医疗服务提供者的实际需求、工作负荷、培训条件与技能水平，则可赋能其采纳并使用此类工具（Abejirinde等人，2018）。移动医疗干预或可成为提升孕产妇及围产期服务利用率的有效方案，但目前仍需开展更多研究以评估其对孕产妇及围产结局的影响（Sondaal等人，2016）。本项系统综述的核心目的，在于整合当前医护人员使用移动医疗临床决策工具开展孕产妇及围产期保健的现有证据，并评估此类工具是否可提升撒哈拉以南非洲（Sub-Saharan Africa, SSA）地区的孕产妇及围产期保健质量。