Health workers' experiences, barriers, preferences and motivating factors in using mHealth forms in Ethiopia

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Medhanyie, Araya Abrha ^a   Little, Alex ^e   Yebyo, Henock ^a   Spigt, Mark ^a,b,d   Tadesse, Kidane ^a   Blanco, Roman ^c,e   Dinant, Geert Jan ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Electronic forms; Health extension workers; Maternal health care; mHealth; Midwives; Mobile health; Mobile technologies; Primary health care; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDWIFE; MOBILE PHONE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CELL PHONES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924099312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-13-2     Document Type: Article

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