Health worker perceptions of integrating mobile phones into community case management of malaria in Saraya, Senegal.
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2015-05-12
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BACKGROUND Although community case management of malaria increases access to life saving care in isolated settings it contends with many logistical challenges Mobile phone health information technology may present an opportunity to address a number of these barriers METHODS Using the wireless adaptation of the technology acceptance model this study assessed availability ease of use usefulness and job relevance of mobile phones by health workers in Saraya Senegal RESULTS This study conducted seven key informant interviews with government health workers and three focus groups and 76 surveys with lay health workers Principal findings included that mobile phones are already widely available and used and that participants valued using phones to address training stock management programme reporting and transportation challenges CONCLUSIONS By documenting widespread use of mobile phones and health worker perceptions of their most useful applications this paper provides a framework for their integration into the community case management of malaria programme in Saraya Senegal
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Workforce, Community-based health worker, Facility-based health worker, Communication roadblocks, Delayed reporting of events, Access to information or data, Supply of commodities, Health worker competence, Alignment with local norms, Geographic inaccessibility, Planning and coordination, Expenses related to commodity disbursement, Pre-prototype, Feasibility, Individual based, Provider training and education, Provider work planning and scheduling, Provider-to-provider communication, Disease management, Service delivery statistics