Digital Health

  • Open Access
    mHealth resources to strengthen health programs
    Kelly L'Engle, Laura Raney and Margaret D'Adamo
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):130-131; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00013

    A suite of resources provides implementation guidance for mHealth initiatives, particularly in less developed countries. The suite includes an eLearning course, online guide, evidence database, and a High-Impact Practices brief, along with the mHealth Working Group and website.

  • Open Access
    Taking knowledge for health the extra mile: participatory evaluation of a mobile phone intervention for community health workers in Malawi
    Natalie Campbell, Eva Schiffer, Ann Buxbaum, Elizabeth McLean, Cary Perry and Tara M Sullivan
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):23-34; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00141

    A participatory evaluation process called Net-Map showed that providing community health workers (CHWs) with mobile phones and essential technical information changed CHWs, from passive recipients of information with little influence to active information agents who sought and provided information to improve health services.

  • Open Access
    SMS versus voice messaging to deliver MNCH communication in rural Malawi: assessment of delivery success and user experience
    Jessica Crawford, Erin Larsen-Cooper, Zachariah Jezman, Stacey C Cunningham and Emily Bancroft
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2014, 2(1):35-46; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00155

    Mobile SMS health messages had higher successful delivery and led to higher intended or actual behavior change among subscribers than voice messages. Providing multiple delivery modalities led to greater overall access.

  • Open Access
    mHealth innovations as health system strengthening tools: 12 common applications and a visual framework
    Alain B Labrique, Lavanya Vasudevan, Erica Kochi, Robert Fabricant and Garrett Mehl
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2013, 1(2):160-171; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00031

    This new framework lays out 12 common mHealth applications used as health systems strengthening innovations across the reproductive health continuum.

  • Open Access
    Successful use of tablet personal computers and wireless technologies for the 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey
    Deepak Paudel, Marie Ahmed, Anjushree Pradhan and Rajendra Lal Dangol
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2013, 1(2):277-284; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00056

    Using tablet personal computers and wireless technologies in place of paper-based questionnaires to administer the Nepal DHS in a geographically diverse setting appeared to improve data quality and reduce data collection time. Challenges include inconsistent electricity supply, safe storage and transport of equipment, and screen readability issues under direct sunlight, which limited confidential interview spaces.

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