Determinants of readiness to adopt mHealth in a rural community of Bangladesh

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 847-856

  Khatun, Fatema ^a,b,c   Heywood, Anita E ^a   Ray, Pradeep K ^b   Hanifi, SMA ^c   Bhuiya, Abbas ^c   Liaw, Siaw Teng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Access; Bangladesh; Health services; MHealth; Mobile phone; Readiness; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; TELEPHONE SETS;

ACCESS; BANGLADESH; HEALTH SERVICES; MHEALTH; READINESS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEHEALTH; TEXT MESSAGING; VOICE MAIL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SMARTPHONE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BANGLADESH; COMPUTER LITERACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SMARTPHONE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940898517     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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