A model for the adoption of ICT by health workers in Africa

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 773-781

  Jimoh, Lanrewaju ^a,b   Pate, Muhammad A ^a,c   Lin, Li ^d   Schulman, Kevin A ^a,b,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa South of the Sahara; Child health services; Community health aides; Maternal health services; Medical informatics applications; Midwifery; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MIDWIFERY; NIGERIA;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84867142163     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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