Willingness to use and pay for smoking cessation service via text-messaging among Vietnamese adult smokers, 2017

Ngan, Tran Thu; Do, Vuong Van; Huang, Jidong; Redmon, Pamela; Minh, Hoang Van

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2019.05.014

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“…In recent years, a number of projects have initiated and implemented digital health services in large urban hospitals, including teleradiology, teleconsultation, telediagnosis, and videoconferencing. Examples of these initiatives include raising disease awareness and encouraging people to adopt heathier behaviors [65][66][67][68][69], improving accessibility to health care services among disadvantaged and vulnerable target groups [70][71][72], and upskilling health care workers [73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80].…”

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confidence: 99%

Patient-Centered Care: Transforming the Health Care System in Vietnam With Support of Digital Health Technology

Dang¹,

Nguyen²,

Minh³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background Over the recent decades, Vietnam has attained remarkable achievements in all areas of health care. However, shortcomings including health disparities persist particularly with a rapidly aging population. This has resulted in a shift in the disease burden from communicable to noncommunicable diseases such as dementia, cancer, and diabetes. These medical conditions require long-term care, which causes an accelerating crisis for the health sector and society. The current health care system in Vietnam is unlikely to cope with these challenges. Objective The aim of this paper was to explore the opportunities, challenges, and necessary conditions for Vietnam in transforming toward a patient-centered care model to produce better health for people and reduce health care costs. Methods We examine the applicability of a personalized and integrated Bespoke Health Care System (BHS) for Vietnam using a strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat analysis and examining the successes or failures of digital health care innovations in Vietnam. We then make suggestions for successful adoption of the BHS model in Vietnam. Results The BHS model of patient-centered care empowers patients to become active participants in their own health care. Vietnam’s current policy, social, technological, and economic environment favors the transition of its health care system toward the BHS model. Nevertheless, the country is in an early stage of health care digitalization. The legal and regulatory system to protect patient privacy and information security is still lacking. The readiness to implement electronic medical records, a core element of the BHS, varies across health providers and clinical practices. The scarcity of empirical evidence and evaluation regarding the effectiveness and sustainability of digital health initiatives is an obstacle to the Vietnamese government in policymaking, development, and implementation of health care digitalization. Conclusions Implementing a personalized and integrated health care system may help Vietnam to address health care needs, reduce pressure on the health care system and society, improve health care delivery, and promote health equity. However, in order to adopt the patient-centered care system and digitalized health care, a whole-system approach in transformation and operation with a co-design in the whole span of a digital health initiative developing process are necessary.

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Section: Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patient-Centered Care: Transforming the Health Care System in Vietnam With Support of Digital Health Technology

Dang¹,

Nguyen²,

Minh³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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“…In theory, with the popularization of sustainable development, more and more residents are willing to pay a certain fee for renewable energy electricity (Zhang and Wu, 2012;Guo et al, 2014;Chan et al, 2015;Arega and Tadesse, 2017;Zhou et al, 2018;Yang et al, 2018;Koto and Yiridoe, 2019). Based on Ngan et al (2019), residents with the willingness to use a certain product or service tend to pay higher fees. Therefore, studying residents' willingness to use (WTU) and willingness to pay (WTP) for renewable energy electricity is of great significance for evaluating investment projects and revising the long-term development goals of renewable energy electricity.…”

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“…First, unlike previous literature on the WTP, this paper explores the factors that affect residents' WTU for renewable energy electricity. Moreover, since residents' WTU, to a certain extent affect the WTP (Ngan et al, 2019), this paper also discusses the WTP under the WTU. Second, different payment mechanisms may also affect residents' WTP (Guo et al, 2014;Akcura, 2015).…”

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How “Informing Consumers” Impacts Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy Electricity in China

Zhu

Chen

Lin

2022

Journal of Global Information Management

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This paper finds that informed residents are more willing to support renewable energy development. Respondents with a higher level of participation in renewable energy planning, satisfaction with the implementation of renewable energy policies, as well as recognition of the high cost of renewable energy are more willing to use renewable energy. They are willing to pay more for renewable energy power, which means that respondents with more green information (renewable energy) are willing to pay more for renewable energy electricity. Although respondents are more willing to use voluntary payment mechanisms, they are more likely to pay more for renewable energy power under the mandatory payment mechanism. There is a large gap between the actual green power purchase behavior of Chinese residents and the expected WTP, mainly because there are many problems in the voluntary subscription mechanism for green power certificates. Finally, this paper provides targeted policy recommendations for policymakers.

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“…In 2018, there were 147 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in Vietnam, which exceeded that of high-income countries (126 per 100 people) [ 15 ]. Moreover, a recent study found that 72% of Vietnamese smokers with the intention to quit were willing to use and pay for smoking cessation support via text messages if available [ 16 ]. Thus, text messaging appears to be an acceptable modality for smoking cessation in Vietnam.…”

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confidence: 99%

Perceptions About Mindfulness and Text Messaging for Smoking Cessation in Vietnam: Results From a Qualitative Study

Spears

Minh

et al. 2020

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Background With 15.6 million smokers, Vietnam is one of the top 10 largest cigarette-consuming countries in the world. Unfortunately, smoking cessation programs are still scarce in Vietnam. Mindfulness-based and text messaging–based interventions have been increasingly used in smoking cessation studies in developed countries, with promising results. Given the exponential growth of mobile phone usage in Vietnam in recent years, mobile health interventions could be a potential strategy to increase smoking cessation in Vietnam. However, substantial cultural adaptations are needed to optimize the effectiveness of these interventions among Vietnamese smokers. Objective This study aims to involve qualitative research to inform the development of a mindfulness-based text messaging smoking cessation intervention for Vietnamese smokers. Methods A total of 10 focus groups were conducted with 71 Vietnamese male smokers aged between 18 and 65 years (5-9 participants per focus group). Overall, 5 focus groups were conducted with smokers who had the intention to quit (ie, preparation stage of change in the transtheoretical model), and 5 focus groups were conducted with smokers who did not have the intention to quit (contemplation or precontemplation stage). The focus groups were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using NVivo 12 software (QSR International). Results The major themes included smoking triggers, barriers and facilitators for quitting, the perceptions of text messaging and mindfulness approaches for smoking cessation, and suggestions for the development of a text messaging–based smoking cessation program. Common smoking triggers included stress, difficulties concentrating, and fatigue. Frequently encountering other people who were smoking was a common barrier to quitting. However, participants indicated that concerns about the harmful effects of smoking on themselves and their wives and children, and encouragement from family members could motivate them to quit. The participants preferred diverse message content, including information about the consequences of smoking, encouragement to quit, and tips to cope with cravings. They suggested that text messages be clear and concise and use familiar language. Most smokers perceived that mindfulness training could be useful for smoking cessation. However, some suggested that videos or in-person training may also be needed to supplement teaching mindfulness through text messages. Conclusions This study provides important insights to inform the development of a text messaging–based smoking cessation program that incorporates mindfulness for Vietnamese male smokers. The results could also be useful for informing similar programs in other low- and middle-income countries.

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Willingness to use and pay for smoking cessation service via text-messaging among Vietnamese adult smokers, 2017

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

Patient-Centered Care: Transforming the Health Care System in Vietnam With Support of Digital Health Technology

Patient-Centered Care: Transforming the Health Care System in Vietnam With Support of Digital Health Technology

How “Informing Consumers” Impacts Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy Electricity in China

Perceptions About Mindfulness and Text Messaging for Smoking Cessation in Vietnam: Results From a Qualitative Study

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