Rebecca Laidlaw

I am a PhD student based at the University of Strathclyde and part of the Scotland Chikwawa Health Initiative (SCHI) which is a collaborative project led by the University of Strathclyde in partnership with the University of Malawi (Polytechnic), Ministry of Health in Malawi and Chikwawa District Health office. This project is predominantly funded by the Scotland Government International Development Fund and has been operating in the Chikwawa district since 2006 with a focus on community health development. My research will be looking into the use of mobile communication to deliver health education messages and will be assessing the impact these messages have on health knowledge and behaviour change. This will be implemented in the Chikwawa district among the communities working with the SCHI.