Can smartphones and tablets improve the management of childhood illness in Tanzania? A qualitative study from a primary health care worker's perspective

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shao, Amani Flexson ^a,b,c   Rambaud Althaus, Clotilde ^a,b   Swai, Ndeniria ^d   Kahama Maro, Judith ^d   Genton, Blaise ^a,b,e   D'Acremont, Valerie ^a,b,e   Pfeiffer, Constanze ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d Dar es Salaam City Council   (Tanzania)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barriers; Electronic clinical decision support; Electronic prescribing; IMCI; Primary care; Smartphones; Tablets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMARTPHONE; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHILD HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SMARTPHONE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84927517778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0805-4     Document Type: Article

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