Community-based hearing screening for young children using an mHealth service-delivery model

Global Health Action

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Yousuf Hussein, Shouneez ^a   Swanepoel, De Wet ^a   Mahomed, Faheema ^a   Biagio de Jager, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

community healthcare workers; early childhood development; hearing screening; mobile health; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMARTPHONE; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMEDICINE;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SMARTPHONE; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85047244017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1467077     Document Type: Article

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