A Mobile Application System for Community Health Workers-A Review

Emmanuel, Gahizi; Hungilo, Gilbert Gutabaga; Emanuel, Andi Wahju Rahardjo

doi:10.1145/3330482.3330485

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“…The DETAK application is very easy to access and learn, combining audio-visual through educational videos, and infographics that make it easier for respondents to understand the symptoms and risk factors of ACS. Attractive virtual media will provide a pleasant stimulus and learning experience that will increase understanding (12,(22)(23)(24)(25).…”

Section: Early Detection Of Acsmentioning

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Impact of Mobile Application Intervention: DETAK in Early Detection and Early Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Ana Anggraini,

Mohd Said,

Umar

et al. 2024

MJMHS

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Introduction: Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is still a major cause of mortality and morbidity globally. One of the factors that cause a prehospital delay is the delay in early detection and inaccuracy of early treatment of ACS. The Internet of Things, which is supported by the high use of smartphones with the DETAK application, can be an opportunity to facilitate ACS education programs so that ACS can be detected early. Method: This study has used a quantitative research design with a quasi-experimental approach which pretest and posttest, in which both the experimental and control groups participate. The inclusion criteria of this study were age >45 years; obesity; smoker; Respondents with a history of: hypertension/diabetes mellitus/hyperlipidemia/hypercholesterolemia/CVD/families with cardiovascular disease. 252 respondents who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into control (n=126) and intervention groups (n=126). The intervention group was given education through the DETAK application and the control group was given leaflet about ACS. Results: The results of the study showed that there was an increased in early treatment ability was only found in the intervention group (p<.001). Mean differences of the ability of early detection (p<.001) and early treatment (p=.019)between intervention and control groups were both significance. Conclusion: There is potential for DETAK applications to improve the early detection and treatment capabilities of ACS.

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Impact of Mobile Application Intervention: DETAK in Early Detection and Early Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Ana Anggraini,

Mohd Said,

Umar

et al. 2024

MJMHS

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“…Because all the data is collected manually, it can be challenging to collect, organize, and manage. CHWs are critical contributors to many existing public health interventions, as they often can as members of the community themselves effectively reach certain populations and can extend access to healthcare resources [17,47]. Some HCI for the developing worlds (HCID) researchers have highlighted a need to better explore ways of supporting CHWs in their practice [30].…”

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Bridging Community, History, and Culture in Personal Informatics Tools

Martin-Hammond

Purnell

2022

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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A healthy diet and increased physical activity are essential for reducing the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and related deaths, a worldwide public health concern that disproportionately affects Black American communities. Still, Black Americans can face unique challenges meeting dietary and physical activity requirements due to inequities in access and quality of care, environmental and local factors, and difficulties in changing individual health behaviors. Personal informatics and self-tracking tools are one way of increasing awareness of health behaviors to motivate behavior change. However, there are still gaps in knowledge about what encourages different users to engage with personal informatics tools over time, particularly when used in collaborative, community-health settings. This paper contributes a nuanced understanding of fifteen participants' reasons for engaging in an existing community-based health education and behavior change program that combines collaborative self-tracking with culturally relevant content and social engagement to motivate heart-healthy behaviors. We illustrate participants' positive and negative experiences engaging in self-tracking and collaborative tasks during the program. We also discuss how participants envision that integrating technology might support or hinder participant engagement and the work of deploying community-based public health interventions. Finally, we discuss design implications for culturally informed, community-based personal informatics tools that engage Black American's in heart-healthy activities.

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“…This finding clearly aligns with the findings from another study which found that nurses were unable to exploit the use of mobile phones as much as the doctors because they had poorer technical competence compared to the doctors (Watkins et al, 2018). Lack of English language proficiency also adds to the technical illiteracy, for to comprehend and use mobile phones and other technologies, a basic knowledge of this global language is a key requirement (Khan, 2018;Emmanuel and Emmanuel, 2018). Further, the adoption and better use of Internet is reported to be connected to English proficiency (Pearce and Rice, 2014).…”

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“Through their eyes, I can work” – rural physicians' perceptions about mobile phone use among community health workers – a qualitative analysis

Venkataraghavan

Rani

Ashok

et al. 2021

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PurposePhysicians who are primary care providers in rural communities form an essential stakeholder group in rural mobile health (mHealth) delivery. This study was exploratory in nature and was conducted in Udupi district of Karnataka, India. The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of rural medical officers (MOs) (rural physicians) regarding the benefits and challenges of mobile phone use by community health workers (CHWs).Design/methodology/approachIn-depth interviews were conducted among 15 MOs belonging to different primary health centers of the district. Only MOs with a minimum five years of experience were recruited in the study using purposive and snowball sampling. This was followed by thematic analysis of the data collected.FindingsThe perceptions of MOs regarding the CHWs' use of mobile phones were largely positive. However, they reported the existence of some challenges that limits the potential of its full use. The findings were categorized under four themes namely, benefits of mobile phone use to CHWs, benefits of mobile phone-equipped CHWs, current mobile phone use by CHWs and barriers to CHWs' mobile phone use. The significant barriers reported in the CHWs' mobile phone use were poor mobile network coverage, technical illiteracy, lack of consistent technical training and call and data expense of the CHWs. The participants recommend an increased number of mobile towers, frequent training in mobile phone use and basic English language for the CHWs as possible solutions to the barriers.Originality/valueStudies examining the perceptions of doctors who are a primary stakeholder group in mHealth as well as in the public health system scenario are limited. To the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first studies to examine the perception of rural doctors regarding CHWs' mobile phone use for work in India.

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A Mobile Application System for Community Health Workers-A Review

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Impact of Mobile Application Intervention: DETAK in Early Detection and Early Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Impact of Mobile Application Intervention: DETAK in Early Detection and Early Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Bridging Community, History, and Culture in Personal Informatics Tools

“Through their eyes, I can work” – rural physicians' perceptions about mobile phone use among community health workers – a qualitative analysis

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