ArticleJournal of health communication2016
Evaluation of a Mobile Health Approach to Tuberculosis Contact Tracing in Botswana.
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- Using mHealth Technologies for Case Finding in Tuberculosis and Other Infectious Diseases in Africa: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Pooled it
- eHealth in TB clinical management.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2022Pooled it
- Digital contact tracing technologies in epidemics: a rapid review.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Toward Developing a Standardized Core Set of Outcome Measures in Mobile Health Interventions for Tuberculosis Management: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- mHealth-supported tuberculosis contact investigation by community health workers in high-burden countries: a scoping review.Global health action · 2026Article
- A Comparative Analysis of Physical and Mobile Phone Tracing in Clinical Trials in Lilongwe, Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2025Article
- Contact tracing strategies for infectious diseases: A systematic literature review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Clinical Data Flow in Botswana Clinics: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Assessment.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Human factors methods in the design of digital decision support systems for population health: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Improving COVID-19 contact tracing and testing of exposed individuals in Cameroon using digital health technology: a cluster randomised trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Reviewing the availability and integration of community health information system for HIV/AIDS in Lesotho.Journal of the colleges of medicine of South Africa · 2024Review
- Recommendations for Developing a Telemedicine Strategy for Botswana: A Meta-Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- mHealth to improve implementation of TB contact investigation: a case study from Uganda.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- Scoping review of health information technology usability methods leveraged in Africa.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2023Article
- Widening or narrowing inequalities? The equity implications of digital tools to support COVID-19 contact tracing: A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
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- Digital Solutions for Community and Primary Health Workers: Lessons From Implementations in Africa.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Review
- Toward a conceptual framework of the acceptability of tuberculosis treatment in children using a theory generative approach.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Development of a conceptual framework for linking mHealth applications to eRecord systems in Botswana.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- A bibliometric analysis of medical informatics and telemedicine in sub-Saharan Africa and BRICS nations.Journal of public health research · 2021Article
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Tuberculosis (TB) contact tracing is typically conducted in resource-limited settings with paper forms, but this approach may be limited by inefficiencies in data collection, storage, and retrieval and poor data quality. In Botswana, we developed, piloted, and evaluated a mobile health (mHealth) approach to TB contact tracing that replaced the paper form-based approach for a period of six months. For both approaches, we compared the time required to complete TB contact tracing and the quality of data collected. For the mHealth approach, we also administered the Computer System Usability Questionnaire to 2 health care workers who used the new approach, and we identified and addressed operational considerations for implementation. Compared to the paper form-based approach, the mHealth approach reduced the median time required to complete TB contact tracing and improved data quality. The mHealth approach also had favorable overall rating, system usefulness, information quality, and interface quality scores on the Computer System Usability Questionnaire. Overall, the mHealth approach to TB contact tracing improved on the paper form-based approach used in Botswana. This new approach may similarly benefit TB contact tracing efforts in other resource-limited settings.
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