mHealth in Sub-Saharan Africa
المؤلفون المشاركون
Soghoian, Samara E.
Foran, Mark P.
Betjeman, Thomas J.
المصدر
International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
العدد
المجلد 2013، العدد 2013 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2013)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2013-12-04
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
7
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Mobile phone penetration rates have reached 63% in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and are projected to pass 70% by 2013.
In SSA, millions of people who never used traditional landlines now use mobile phones on a regular basis.
Mobile health, or mHealth, is the utilization of short messaging service (SMS), wireless data transmission, voice calling, and smartphone applications to transmit health-related information or direct care.
This systematic review analyzes and summarizes key articles from the current body of peer-reviewed literature on PubMed on the topic of mHealth in SSA.
Studies included in the review demonstrate that mHealth can improve and reduce the cost of patient monitoring, medication adherence, and healthcare worker communication, especially in rural areas.
mHealth has also shown initial promise in emergency and disaster response, helping standardize, store, analyze, and share patient information.
Challenges for mHealth implementation in SSA include operating costs, knowledge, infrastructure, and policy among many others.
Further studies of the effectiveness of mHealth interventions are being hindered by similar factors as well as a lack of standardization in study design.
Overall, the current evidence is not strong enough to warrant large-scale implementation of existing mHealth interventions in SSA, but rapid progress of both infrastructure and mHealth-related research in the region could justify scale-up of the most promising programs in the near future.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Betjeman, Thomas J.& Soghoian, Samara E.& Foran, Mark P.. 2013. mHealth in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-475089
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Betjeman, Thomas J.…[et al.]. mHealth in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-475089
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Betjeman, Thomas J.& Soghoian, Samara E.& Foran, Mark P.. mHealth in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-475089
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-475089
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