A virtual course in perinatal mental health for healthcare professionals

Shiva, Lakshmi; Desai, Geetha; Chand, Prabhat; Ganjekar, Sundarnag; Vaiphei, Kimneihat; Satyanarayana, Veena A.; Kishore, M. Thomas; Thippeswamy, Harish; Chandra, Prabha S.

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102746

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“…A majority (72%)(97,98,100–102,104–109,111–113,116–118,121–123) of the studies were published after 2017 with the maximum (n=10, 36%)(97,98,101,106,108,109,117,121– 123) number of studies being published in 2021. Nearly all the studies were conducted in tertiary care settings or teaching institutes (86%)(98–100,102–107,109–117,119–124), and only 3 studies were conducted in primary health centers (101,108,118) and 2 in community health centers. (101,108) The use of tele-education was most studied in Karnataka (n=4)(100,104,111,112) and Delhi (n=4).…”

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“…Tele-education services were most commonly used for educating about mental health disorders (n=9)(97,98,101,102,104,107,109,111,121) followed by non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and cancer (n=4)(100,113,116,118) and maternal and child healthcare (n=4). (104,114,115,120) Two studies each focused on educating about oral health problems (105,106) and HIV (110,114) and one study addressed teleteaching for orthopedics (112), critical care (108), COVID-19 (117), palliative care (122) and cardiology.…”

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“…Other limitations of studies are mentioned in Table 3. Tele-education services were most commonly meant for doctors (n=16) (97)(98)(99)(100)(101)(102)(103)106,(109)(110)(111)(117)(118)(119)121,124) followed by nurses (n=9) (98,105,106,109,111,117,121,122,124), community healthcare workers (n=8) (103)(104)(105)107,(114)(115)(116)123), allied health professionals (n=5) (98,109,114,121,124), and auxiliary midwife nurses (n=4). (108,111,112,121)…”

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“…Similar to telemedicine, low digital literacy (n=2) (104,115), and poor network connectivity (n=11) (98)(99)(100)103,104,109,111,113,117,120,122) were the most common human resourcerelated, and technical barriers respectively. Difficulty in understanding English (n=2) (111,114), the language commonly used for the applications, and malfunctioning of the software (n=2) (111,113) were application-related barriers.…”

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Barriers and Facilitators for the Use of Telehealth by Healthcare Providers (HCP) in India - A Scoping Review

Sharma,

Rao,

Kumar

et al. 2023

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Background: It is widely assumed that telehealth tools like mHealth, telemedicine, and tele-education can supplement the efficiency of Healthcare Providers (HCPs). We conducted a scoping review of evidence on the barriers and facilitators associated with the use of telehealth by HCPs in India. Methods: A systematic literature search following a pre-registered protocol (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/KQ3U9 [PROTOCOL DOI]) was conducted in PubMed. The search strategy, inclusion, and exclusion criteria were based on the World Health Organization’s action framework on Human Resources for Health (HRH) and Universal Health Coverage in India with a specific focus on telehealth tools. Eligible articles published in English from 1st January 2001 to 17th February 2022 were included. Results: One hundred and six studies were included in the review. Of these, 53 studies (50%) involved mHealth interventions, 25 (23.6%) involved telemedicine interventions whereas the remaining 28 (26.4%) involved the use of tele-education interventions by HCPs in India. In each category, most of the studies followed a quantitative study design and were mostly published in the last 5 years. The study sites were more commonly present in states present in south India. The facilitators and barriers related to each type of intervention were analyzed under the following sub-headings- 1) Human resource related, 2) Application related 3) Technical, and 4) Others. The interventions were most commonly used for improving the management of mental health, non-communicable diseases, and maternal and child health. Conclusions: Use of telehealth has not been uniformly studied in India. The facilitators and barriers to telehealth use need to be kept in mind while designing the intervention. Future studies should focus on looking at region-specific, intervention-specific, and health cadre-specific barriers and facilitators for the use of telehealth.

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