Table 1 Eligibility criteria

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 mHealth 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 will be included that have 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, cost-effectiveness of 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, and systematic reviews

Language

Studies available in the English language as authors are proficient in this language

Studies which were not available in an 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