Health systems readiness for adopting mhealth interventions for addressing non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries
A current debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19529378 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anam Feroz, Anam Shahil Feroz (0000-0003-0180-0213, Aga Khan University, corresponding author), Muhammad Masood Kadir (Aga Khan University), Sarah Saleem (0000-0002-6797-8631, Aga Khan University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1496887 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Health Action (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1654-9716 • E-ISSN: 1654-9880 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/16549716.2018.1496887 |
| PMID | 30040605 |
| OpenAlex | W2884643959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 16 |
In low-and-middle-income countries, epidemiologic transition is taking place very rapidly from communicable diseases to non-communicable diseases. NCDs mortality rates are increasing faster and nearly 80% of NCDs deaths occur in LMICs. Existing weak health systems of LMICs are undergoing a devastating human and economic toll as a result of increasing treatment costs and losses to productivity from NCDs. At the same time, the increasing penetration of mobile phone technology and the spread of cellular network and infrastructure have led to the introduction of the mHealth field. While mHealth field offers a great promise to prevent and control non-communicable diseases in low-and-middle-income countries: there is a great debate going on to explore health systems readiness for adopting mHealth technology to address NCDs in LMICs. There are a number of factors which determine health systems readiness and response for adoption of mHealth technology including preparedness of healthcare institutions, availability of the resources, willingness of healthcare providers and communities. We have discussed these factors to understand health systems preparedness to adopt mHealth field for prevention and control of NCDs. To adequately integrate mobile-phone-based health interventions into existing health systems, these factors should be dealt up-front through constant effort to improve health systems response for NCDs. Currently, there is insufficient empirical and policy evidence on this research area and therefore future research and policy dialogue should be directed to assess the health systems willingness for mHealth adoption principally to address NCDs in the context of LMICs
Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · mHealth · Mobile phone · Non-communicable disease · Political science · Preparedness · Psychological intervention · Public health · Telecommunications · Telemedicine · Computer Science · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Nursing
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |