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- ItemApplication of mobile-technology for disease and treatment monitoring of malaria in the "Better Border Healthcare Programme".(2010-09-09) Meankaew, Pongthep; Kaewkungwal, Jaranit; Khamsiriwatchara, Amnat; Khunthong, Podjadeach; Singhasivanon, Pratap; Satimai, WichaiBACKGROUND The main objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of integrating the use of cell phones into a routine malaria prevention and control programme to improve the management of malaria cases among an under served population in a border area The module for disease and treatment monitoring of malaria DTMM consisted of case investigation and case follow up for treatment compliance and patients symptoms METHODS The module combining web based and mobile technologies was developed as a proof of concept in an attempt to replace the existing manual paper based activities that malaria staff used in treating and caring for malaria patients in the villages for which they were responsible After a patient was detected and registered onto the system case investigation and treatment details were recorded into the malaria database A follow up schedule was generated and the patient s status was updated when the malaria staff conducted their routine home visits using mobile phones loaded with the follow up application module The module also generated text and graph messages for a summary of malaria cases and basic statistics and automatically fed to predetermined malaria personnel for situation analysis Following standard public health practices access to the patient database was strictly limited to authorized personnel in charge of patient case management RESULTS The DTMM module was developed and implemented at the trial site in late November 2008 and was fully functioning in 2009 The system captured 534 malaria patients in 2009 Compared to paper based data in 2004 2008 the mobile phone based case follow up rates by malaria staff improved significantly The follow up rates for both Thai and migrant patients were about 94 99 on Day 7 Plasmodium falciparum and Day 14 Plasmodium vivax and maintained at 84 93 on Day 90 Adherence to anti malarial drug therapy based on self reporting showed high completion rate for P falciparum infected cases but lower rate for P vivax cases Patients symptoms were captured onto the mobile phone during each follow up visit either during the home visit or at Malaria Clinic most patients had headache muscle pain and fatigue and some had fever within the first follow up day day 7 14 after the first anti malarial drug dose CONCLUSIONS The module was successfully integrated and functioned as part of the malaria prevention and control programme Despite the bias inherent in sensitizing malaria workers to perform active case follow up using the mobile device the study proved for its feasibility and the extent to which community healthcare personnel in the low resource settings could potentially utilize it efficiently to perform routine duties even in remote areas The DTMM has been modified and is currently functioning in seven provinces in a project supported by the WHO and the Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation to contain multi drug resistant malaria on the Thai Cambodian border
- ItemApplication of smart phone in "Better Border Healthcare Program": a module for mother and child care.(2010-11-24) Kaewkungwal, Jaranit; Singhasivanon, Pratap; Khamsiriwatchara, Amnat; Sawang, Surasak; Meankaew, Pongthep; Wechsart, ApisitBACKGROUND To assess the application of cell phone integrating into the healthcare system to improve antenatal care ANC and expanded programme on immunization EPI services for the under served population in border area METHODS A module combining web based and mobile technology was developed to generate ANC EPI visit schedule dates in which the healthcare personnel can cross check identify and update the mother s ANC and child s EPI status at the healthcare facility or at the household location when performing home visit with additional feature of sending appointment reminder directly to the scheduled mother in the community RESULTS The module improved ANC EPI coverage in the study area along the country border including for both Thai and non Thai mothers and children who were either permanent resident or migrants numbers of ANC and EPI visit on time as per schedule significantly increased there was less delay of antenatal visits and immunizations CONCLUSIONS The module integrated and functioned successfully as part of the healthcare system it is proved for its feasibility and the extent to which community healthcare personnel in the low resource setting could efficiently utilize it to perform their duties
- ItemReal-time monitoring of school absenteeism to enhance disease surveillance: a pilot study of a mobile electronic reporting system.(2014-08-07) Lawpoolsri, Saranath; Khamsiriwatchara, Amnat; Liulark, Wongwat; Taweeseneepitch, Komchaluch; Sangvichean, Aumnuyphan; Thongprarong, Wiraporn; Kaewkungwal, Jaranit; Singhasivanon, PratapSchool absenteeism is a common source of data used in syndromic surveillance which can eventually be used for early outbreak detection However the absenteeism reporting system in most schools especially in developing countries relies on a paper based method that limits its use for disease surveillance or outbreak detection
- ItemWomen's Perceptions of Using Mobile Phones for Maternal and Child Health Support in Afghanistan: Cross-Sectional Survey.(0000-00-00) Yamin, Fazal; Kaewkungwal, Jaranit; Singhasivanon, Pratap; Lawpoolsri, SaranathBACKGROUND Growing rates of global mobile subscriptions pave the way for implementation of mobile health mHealth initiatives especially among hard to reach populations OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the perceptions of Afghan women regarding the use of mobile phones for maternal and child health services METHODS A cross sectional survey was conducted in both rural and urban districts of Nangarhar Province Afghanistan The interviewer administered questionnaire was used to assess participants demographic profile mobile phone usage and perception of respondents toward different aspects of health care delivery via mobile phones RESULTS Of the 240 participants 142 59 2 owned mobile phones and 220 91 7 routinely used mobile phones Approximately 209 87 1 of participants were willing to receive health messages via a mobile phone Automated voice call was the most preferred method for sending health messages More than 90 of the women reported that they would like to receive reminders for their children s vaccinations and antenatal care visits CONCLUSIONS Users perception was associated with mobile phone ownership literacy level and experience using mobile phones In the study area where the literacy rate is low mHealth was well perceived