The Necessity of Mobile Phone Technologies for Public Health Surveillance in Benin

Joint Authors

Dougnon, Victorien Tamègnon
Karimuribo, E.
Hounmanou, Y. M. G.
Mohammed, J.
Agonsanou, Murielle S. S.
Vodougnon, Mahougnon H. B.
Achoh, Ephraim M.

Source

Advances in Public Health

Issue

Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2016-10-25

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

7

Main Subjects

Public Health

Abstract EN

A cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2016 to assess the need of mobile phone technologies for health surveillance and interventions in Benin.

Questionnaires were administered to 130 individuals comprising 25 medical professionals, 33 veterinarians, and 72 respondents from the public.

All respondents possess cell phones and 75%, 84%, and 100% of the public, medical professionals, and veterinarians, respectively, generally use them for medical purposes.

75% of respondents including 68% of medics, 84.8% of veterinarians, and 72.2% of the public acknowledged that the current surveillance systems are ineffective and do not capture and share real-time information.

More than 92% of the all respondents confirmed that mobile phones have the potential to improve health surveillance in the country.

All respondents reported adhering to a nascent project of mobile phone-based health surveillance and confirmed that there is no existing similar approach in the country.

The most preferred methods by all respondents for effective implementation of such platform are phone calls (96.92%) followed by SMS (49.23%) and smart phone digital forms (41.53%).

This study revealed urgent needs of mobile phone technologies for health surveillance and interventions in Benin for real-time surveillance and efficient disease prevention.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Hounmanou, Y. M. G.& Agonsanou, Murielle S. S.& Dougnon, Victorien Tamègnon& Vodougnon, Mahougnon H. B.& Achoh, Ephraim M.& Mohammed, J.…[et al.]. 2016. The Necessity of Mobile Phone Technologies for Public Health Surveillance in Benin. Advances in Public Health،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Hounmanou, Y. M. G.…[et al.]. The Necessity of Mobile Phone Technologies for Public Health Surveillance in Benin. Advances in Public Health No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Hounmanou, Y. M. G.& Agonsanou, Murielle S. S.& Dougnon, Victorien Tamègnon& Vodougnon, Mahougnon H. B.& Achoh, Ephraim M.& Mohammed, J.…[et al.]. The Necessity of Mobile Phone Technologies for Public Health Surveillance in Benin. Advances in Public Health. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096590

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1096590