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This study aims to evaluate how rural women in India use mobile phones for health-related purposes and the factors influencing this usage.

Dialing into health: assessing the reach, use, and impact of mobile phones on health awareness among rural women in the Rural Health Training Centre area of District Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

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This study aims to evaluate how rural women in India use mobile phones for health-related purposes and the factors influencing this usage.
Community-based cross-sectional study conducted among 374 rural women in five villages.
Data collected using a structured questionnaire, assessing demographics, mobile access, health usage, and barriers.
Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and multivariable logistic regression were employed for analysis.
54.5% of participants owned smartphones; 52.4% never used phones for health purposes.
Trust in mobile health information was moderate with 66.8% expressing occasional trust.
Education significantly predicted health-related mobile phone use, with lower usage among women with less education.

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Community-based study evaluates health-related mobile phone use in rural women, highlighting barriers and trust issues.

Pal et al. (2026) studied this question.

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