Mitigating gaps in reproductive health reporting in outlier communities of Kerala, India-A mobile phone-based health information system

Health Policy and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-76

  Thomas, Manoj A ^a   Narayan, Poornima R ^b   Christian, Cynthia ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MKK Nayar Nagar   (India)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOBILE PHONE; PROCESS DESIGN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SYMPTOM; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84862174637     PISSN: 22118837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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