MPneumonia, an innovation for diagnosing and treating childhood pneumonia in low-resource settings: A feasibility, usability and acceptability study in Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Ginsburg, Amy Sarah ^a   Agyemang, Charlotte Tawiah ^b   Ambler, Gwen ^c   Delarosa, Jaclyn ^c   Brunette, Waylon ^d   Levari, Shahar ^d   Larson, Clarice ^d   Sundt, Mitch ^d   Newton, Sam ^b   Borriello, Gaetano ^d   Anderson, Richard ^d  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c PATH   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BREATH COUNTER; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LOW RESOURCE SETTING; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PULSE OXIMETER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFTWARE; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; INVENTION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ELECTRICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMONIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84992702375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165201     Document Type: Article

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