‘Mobile’ Health Needs And Opportunities In Developing Countries

Kahn, James G.; Yang, Joshua

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0965

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“…Hall et al (2014) concur with the dearth of evidence for health outcomes, suggesting that most 'evidence' related to mHealth is predicated on pilot studies and small-scale implementations and are sometimes merely anecdotal [see also Kahn, Yang, & Kahn (2010) and Gurman, Rubin, & Roess, 2012]. Chib (2013) posited that the majority of studies on mHealth in low income and low-and upper-middle-income countries have techno-optimistic views and have little theoretical support.…”

Section: Mhealth and Health Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 94%

mHealth, Health, and Mobility: A Culture-Centered Interrogation

Dutta

Kaur‐Gill

Tan

et al. 2017

Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications

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In this chapter, we examine the interplays of the symbolic and the material in the constructions of mHealth. By attending to the key themes that play out in discourses of mHealth, we examine critically the ways in which power plays out in the structuring of mHealth solutions. The articulation of mHealth as instrumental to generating positive health outcomes in communities across Asia erases the contexts within which mobile technologies are constituted. mHealth interventions reproduce the logics of the state and the market, reproducing communities as homogeneous and monolithic sites of top-down interventions.

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Section: Mhealth and Health Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 94%

mHealth, Health, and Mobility: A Culture-Centered Interrogation

Dutta

Kaur‐Gill

Tan

et al. 2017

Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications

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“…Blogs (5%) are a distant third. Consequently, the widely available "mobile" health (m-health) can play an important role in healthcare [34]. According to [35], the definition of Health 2.0 is the use of social software to promote the collaborations among patients, medical professionals and those who are involved in healthcare [35].…”

Section: Potentials Of Social Media In Health Communicationmentioning

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The Emerging Web 2.0 Social Media as a Tool to Develop Engaged Audiences for Behaviour Change in Health Promotion: An Overview

AuYong

Yeoh

2017

SHS Web Conf.

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Abstract. Sharing of health information which is related to health becomes easier with the introduction of new technologies such as Web 2.0 social media networks. Social media networks represent a rather innovative way of online information and knowledge repositories. On the other hand, many non-communicable diseases are caused by unhealthy urban lifestyle. Hence, the practice of the healthy lifestyle behaviors should be promoted for sustainability. Besides, in order to cut down the chronic diseases, workplace is one of the key channels for the delivery of interventions among adult populations. Latest development in information and communication technologies (ICT) has given positive influences in health communication. The new technology is believed to be more engaged because it involves visual, audio and animation simultaneously, thus it is more reachable and collaborative. This paper reviews strategies to manage health promotion. Nevertheless, improvement is still needed to achieve successful health promotion. This paper also provides insights of issues and poses future topics of health promotion to consider.

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“…55 The rapid growth and use of ICT like the mobile phone and internet is gradually causing shifts in the preferred method of delivery in order to effectively reach targeted populations. 56 Although mHealth has generated a lot of hype as a new health intervention, it is in reality a health systems catalyst or tool for delivering existing intervention strategies of proven benefits which have been constrained due to health system challenges.…”

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Integrating mHealth into adolescent sexual and reproductive health promotion in Nigeria: prospects and barriers

Ihesie

Chukwuogo

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) is a key public health issue because of its impact on health and development. Adolescent SRH is linked to available information which often determines sexual behaviours. The use of mobile phones for health (mHealth) has shown success in delivering health education and behaviour change interventions for young people for smoking cessation, nutrition and in SRH. This article explores the possible prospects and barriers to the use of mHealth for ASRH promotion in Nigeria. This paper reviews secondary data from international and local literature obtained from database search. A conceptual framework and an applicability and transferability (A&T) tool guided the analysis of ASRH issues and feasibility of mHealth use in ASRH in Nigeria. The prospects of mHealth use for ASRH in Nigeria include the widespread coverage of mobile phone services and the acceptability of its use for health by Nigerian adolescents, unmet need in ASRH information provision and the similarity of some characteristics of Nigerian adolescents to other study populations where mHealth has been successfully used. Other prospects include the Nigerian government’s focus on ICT solutions and the availability of essential technical and organisational expertise for implementation. Possible barriers to the successful use of mHealth include poor funding for ASRH and inadequate information on implementation costs and cost-effectiveness which may make it difficult to present a business case. In conclusion, the use of mHealth in ASRH promotion in Nigeria is feasible and can be effective, however, measures must be taken to address specific barriers identified.

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‘Mobile’ Health Needs And Opportunities In Developing Countries

Cited by 352 publications

References 29 publications

mHealth, Health, and Mobility: A Culture-Centered Interrogation

mHealth, Health, and Mobility: A Culture-Centered Interrogation

The Emerging Web 2.0 Social Media as a Tool to Develop Engaged Audiences for Behaviour Change in Health Promotion: An Overview

Integrating mHealth into adolescent sexual and reproductive health promotion in Nigeria: prospects and barriers

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