A mobile phone-based, community health worker program for referral, follow-up, and service outreach in rural Zambia: Outcomes and overview

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 721-728

  Schuttner, Linnaea ^a,d   Sindano, Ntazana ^a   Theis, Mathew ^b   Zue, Cory ^b   Joseph, Jessica ^a   Chilengi, Roma ^a   Chi, Benjamin H ^a,c   Stringer, Jeffrey S A ^a,c   Chintu, Namwinga ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b DIMAGI INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

e health; information management; technology; telehealth

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MOBILE PHONES; TECHNOLOGY;

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DATA COLLECTION; EHEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SURVEILLANCES; MOBILE HEALTH (M-HEALTH); MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY; TELEHEALTH;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL PHONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84905051718     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0240     Document Type: Article

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