A ground-up approach to mHealth in Nigeria: A study of primary healthcare workers’ attitude to mHealth adoption

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dc.contributor.authorKenny, Grace
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Yvonne
dc.contributor.authorEze, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorNdibuagu, Edmund
dc.contributor.authorHeavin, Ciara
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Council
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-20T13:24:13Z
dc.date.available2018-02-20T13:24:13Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractMobile Health (mHealth) has been piloted in developing countries to transform the delivery of healthcare services. Despite this heightened focus on mHealth, the number of fully operational mHealth solutions implemented in these locations remains surprisingly low. To extend mHealth projects beyond pilot stage it is imperative that the primary end user is positively predisposed to engaging with the mHealth intervention. Through exploring initial perceptions, we can inform later stages of mHealth projects or develop interventions to convert attitudes into commitment or motivation to use mHealth. This qualitative exploratory study aims to understand end users’, namely Primary Healthcare (PHC) workers, initial attitudes towards a mHealth project called IMPACT (usIng Mobile Phones for Assessing, Classifying and Treating sick children). We conducted a field study in Enugu State, Nigeria to understand end users’ perceptions of the relevance, benefits, threats and initial understanding of the technology influencing end users’ attitudes towards adoption of mHealth. The initial findings indicate that PHC workers expressed positive perceptions regarding the relevance and benefits associated with the IMPACT app. PHC workers focus on how the technology could support them to be more efficient and effective in their roles. However, they advocate the need for community wide education and training to eradicate negative perceptions or misgivings about the potential use of mHealth as part of a patient’s assessment.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Research Council (‘New Horizons REPRO/2015/116’)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationKenny, G., O’Connor, Y., Eze, E., Ndibuagu, E. and Heavin, C. (2017) 'A ground-up approach to mHealth in Nigeria: A study of primary healthcare workers’ attitude to mHealth adoption', Procedia Computer Science, 121, pp. 809-816. doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2017.11.105en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.procs.2017.11.105
dc.identifier.endpage816
dc.identifier.issn1877-0509
dc.identifier.journaltitleProcedia Computer Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage809
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5505
dc.identifier.volume121
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050917323074
dc.rights© 2017, the Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectmHealthen
dc.subjectMobile healthen
dc.subjectPrimary healthcare workersen
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen
dc.subjectEnd usersen
dc.titleA ground-up approach to mHealth in Nigeria: A study of primary healthcare workers’ attitude to mHealth adoptionen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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