Health worker perceptions of integrating mobile phones into community case management of malaria in Saraya, Senegal

International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 176-182

  Blanas, Demetri A ^a   Ndiaye, Youssoupha ^b   MacFarlane, Matthew ^c   Manga, Isaac ^b   Siddiqui, Ammar ^d   Velez, Olivia ^e   Kanter, Andrew S ^f   Nichols, Kim ^g   Hennig, Nils ^d  

^a Institute for Family Health   (United States)

^b District Health Center of Saraya   (Senegal)

^c Center on Child Protection   (Indonesia)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^g African Services Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Health information technology; Lay health workers; Malaria; Mobile phones; Senegal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENEGAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PERCEPTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SENEGAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930068080     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu075     Document Type: Article

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