Benefits and Limitations of Text Messages to Stimulate Higher Learning Among Community Providers: Participants' Views of an mHealth Intervention to Support Continuing Medical Education in Vietnam

Lora L Sabin; Anna Larson Williams; Bao Ngoc Le; Augusta R Herman; Ha Viet Nguyen; Rebecca R Albanese; Wenjun Xiong; Hezekiah OA Shobiye; Nafisa Halim; Lien Thi Ngoc Tran; Marion McNabb; Hai Hoang; Ariel Falconer; Tam Thi Thanh Nguyen; Christopher J Gill

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Benefits and Limitations of Text Messages to Stimulate Higher Learning Among Community Providers: Participants' Views of an mHealth Intervention to Support Continuing Medical Education in Vietnam

Lora L Sabin, Anna Larson Williams, Bao Ngoc Le, Augusta R Herman, Ha Viet Nguyen, Rebecca R Albanese, Wenjun Xiong, Hezekiah OA Shobiye, Nafisa Halim, Lien Thi Ngoc Tran, Marion McNabb, Hai Hoang, Ariel Falconer, Tam Thi Thanh Nguyen and Christopher J Gill

Global Health: Science and Practice June 2017, 5(2):261-273; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00348

Lora L Sabin

aCenter for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

bDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Anna Larson Williams

aCenter for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Bao Ngoc Le

cPathfinder International in Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Augusta R Herman

aCenter for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Ha Viet Nguyen

dCenter for Population Research Information and Databases (CPRID), Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Rebecca R Albanese

aCenter for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Wenjun Xiong

aCenter for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Hezekiah OA Shobiye

aCenter for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Nafisa Halim

aCenter for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

bDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Lien Thi Ngoc Tran

eThái Nguyên Provincial Department of Public Health, Thái Nguyên Province, Vietnam.

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Marion McNabb

bDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

fPathfinder International, Watertown, MA, USA.

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Hai Hoang

eThái Nguyên Provincial Department of Public Health, Thái Nguyên Province, Vietnam.

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Ariel Falconer

aCenter for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Tam Thi Thanh Nguyen

dCenter for Population Research Information and Databases (CPRID), Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Christopher J Gill

aCenter for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

bDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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