Problematic problem diagnostics
Why digital health interventions for community health workers do not always achieve their desired impact
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| ID | 21880643 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Tom Newton-Lewis (0000-0002-8488-5226, Freelance health systems consultant, Witney, UK, autor correspondente), Priya Nanda (0000-0003-1248-771X, Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation India, New Delhi, India) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Fascículo | Suppl 5 |
| Páginas | e005942 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Editora | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005942 |
| PMID | 34312157 |
| OpenAlex | W3185509557 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 1 |
| Referências citadas | 10 |
The last few years has seen an explosion in digital health interventions, primarily using mobile phones (mHealth), designed to increase the effective coverage and quality of services provided by community health workers (CHWs),1 particularly in India. However, as acknowledged by the recent WHO Guideline: Recommendations on Digital Interventions for Health System Strengthening, the evidence base is weak and needs to be amplified to justify scaling up of digital interventions.2 The Cochrane systematic reviews undertaken to inform the WHO guideline showed that ‘the available evidence suggested that these types of interventions may make little or no difference to the outcomes that were measured’ and ‘it is unrealistic to expect consistent positive effects in mobile health programmes’.3 In this commentary, from our experience as a producer and commissioner respectively of evidence on CHWs and digital
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