“Must you make an app?” A qualitative exploration of socio-technical challenges and opportunities for designing digital maternal and child health solutions in Soweto, South Africa
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 19593831 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Sonja Klingberg (0000-0002-9330-7102, South African Medical Research Council, autor de correspondencia), Molebogeng Motlhatlhedi (0000-0003-1242-0259, South African Medical Research Council), Gugulethu Mabena (0000-0002-2022-0268, South African Medical Research Council), Tebogo Mooki (South African Medical Research Council), Nervo Verdezoto (0000-0001-5006-4262, Cardiff University), Melissa Densmore (0000-0003-1733-2653, University of Cape Town), Shane A Norri (0000-0001-7124-3788, South African Medical Research Council) |
| Editores | Hannah Hogan Leslie |
| Año | 2022 |
| Volumen | 2 |
| Número | 12 |
| Páginas | e0001280 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2022-12-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | PLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375 |
| Editorial | Public Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001280 |
| PMID | 36962834 |
| OpenAlex | W4310693664 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 6 |
| Referencias citadas | 56 |
Participatory and digital health approaches have the potential to create solutions to health issues and related inequalities. A project called Co-Designing Community-based ICTs Interventions for Maternal and Child Health in South Africa (CoMaCH) is exploring such solutions in four different sites across South Africa. The present study captures initial qualitative research that was carried out in one of the urban research sites in Soweto. The aim was twofold: 1) to develop a situation analysis of existing services and the practices and preferences of intended end-users, and 2) to explore barriers and facilitators to utilising digital health for community-based solutions to maternal and child health from multiple perspectives. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 participants, including mothers, other caregivers and community health workers. Four themes were developed using a framework method approach to thematic analysis: coping as a parent is a priority; existing services and initiatives lack consistency, coverage and effective communication; the promise of technology is limited by cost, accessibility and crime; and, information is key but difficult to navigate. Solutions proposed by participants included various digital-based and non-digital channels for accessing reliable health information or education; community engagement events and social support; and, community organisations and initiatives such as saving schemes or community gardens. This initial qualitative study informs later co-design phases, and raises ethical and practical questions about participatory intervention development, including the flexibility of researcher-driven endeavours to accommodate community views, and the limits of digital health solutions vis-à-vis material needs and structural barriers to health and wellbeing
Citizen journalism · Community engagement · Community health · Digital health · Focus group · Health care · Knowledge management · Participatory action research · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · World Wide Web · Computer Science · ICT in Developing Communities · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Nursing · Psychology
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