An Ethnographically Informed Participatory Design of Primary Healthcare Information Technology in a Developing Country Setting

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 233, Issue , 2017, Pages 131-147

  Shidende, Nima Herman ^a   Igira, Faraja Teddy ^b   Mörtberg, Christina Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA   (Tanzania)

^b Institute of Finance Management   (Tanzania)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

developing countries; ethnography; participatory design; Primary healthcare information technology

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85011089710     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-740-5-131     Document Type: Article

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