SynthesisComputers, informatics, nursing : CIN2016
Health Worker mHealth Utilization: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Use of Technology to Support Health Care Providers Delivering Care in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Umbrella Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Influencing Factors to mHealth Uptake With Indigenous Populations: Qualitative Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Pooled it
- Use of technology to prevent, detect, manage and control hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- The Influence of Design and Implementation Characteristics on the Use of Maternal Mobile Health Interventions in Kenya: Systematic Literature Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Assessing trauma care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and evidence synthesis mapping the Three Delays framework to injury health system assessments.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- The effects of mobile health on emergency care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.Journal of global health · 2021Pooled it
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- Midwives' Attitudes Toward and Experience With a Tablet Intervention to Promote Safety Behaviors for Pregnant Women Reporting Intimate Partner Violence: Qualitative Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
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- Developing the i-MoMCARE application in Cambodia: an iterative co-design approach using rapid prototyping.BMJ digital health & AI · 2026Article
- PANDA e-health system as a tool to increase antenatal contacts and improve perinatal outcomes in Tanzania: adaptation and feasibility study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Bridging the gap between community health workers' digital health acceptance and actual usage in Uganda: Exploring key external factors based on technology acceptance model.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- A Survey of Clinicians in US Healthcare Delivery Organizations on Mobile Device Use in Care Delivery.Advances in health information science and practice · 2025Article
- Implementation of the electronic community health information system in rural East Shewa zone, Eastern Ethiopia: a CFIR-ERIC framework for facilitators, barriers and implementation strategies.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
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- Intention to Use an Electronic Community Health Information System Among Health Extension Workers in Rural Northwest Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 Model.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Community health workers' barriers and facilitators to use a novel mHealth tool for motivational interviewing to improve adherence to care among youth living with HIV in rural Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of factors affecting mHealth adoption in India.Oxford open digital health · 2024Article
- Evaluating usability of and satisfaction with mHealth app in rural and remote areas-Germany GIZ collaboration in Bosnia-Herzegovina to optimize type 1 diabetes care.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
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Abstract
This systematic review describes mHealth interventions directed at healthcare workers in low-resource settings from the PubMed database from March 2009 to May 2015. Thirty-one articles were selected for final review. Four categories emerged from the reviewed articles: data collection during patient visits, communication between health workers and patients, communication between health workers, and public health surveillance. Most studies used a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to assess acceptability of use, barriers to use, changes in healthcare delivery, and improved health outcomes. Few papers included theory explicitly to guide development and evaluation of their mHealth programs. Overall, evidence indicated that mobile technology tools, such as smartphones and tablets, substantially benefit healthcare workers, their patients, and healthcare delivery. Limitations to mHealth tools included insufficient program use and sustainability, unreliable Internet and electricity, and security issues. Despite these limitations, this systematic review demonstrates the utility of using mHealth in low-resource settings and the potential for widespread health system improvements using technology.
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