Who bears the cost of 'informal mhealth'? Health-workers' mobile phone practices and associated political-moral economies of care in Ghana and Malawi

K Hampshire, G Porter, S Mariwah… - Health policy and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… is bearing the costs, particularly where ‘informal mhealth’ becomes normalized, with concomitant
expectations for health-workerscost saving, informal mhealth may be more about cost

[HTML][HTML] Informal mhealth at scale in Africa: Opportunities and challenges

K Hampshire, T Mwase-Vuma, K Alemu, A Abane… - World …, 2021 - Elsevier
… about how health-workers are using their own mobile phoneshealth-workers’ (CHWs’)
informal mhealthpractices, and … also revealed a range of potential costs and challenges, from …

Formalising 'informal'mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for universal health coverage (UHC)

S Mariwah, A Machistey Abane… - Global Public …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… , health workers are already using their own mobile phones (… via mobile phones) ‘to reduce
transportation time and costs for … To achieve this, without CHNs being required to bear a …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile phone use and the welfare of community health nurses in Ghana: An analysis of unintended costs

AM Abane, S Mariwah, SA Owusu, A Kasim… - World Development …, 2021 - Elsevier
… huge financial burden on community health workers in Ghana. A … work and bear the associated
financial costs. Thus, a … balance in scaling up informal mhealth devoid of cost shifting to …

Ethical implications of the widespread use of informal mHealth methods in Ghana

SA Owusu - Journal of medical ethics, 2022 - jme.bmj.com
… . Who bears the cost of 'informal mhealth'? Health-workers' mobile phone practices and
associated political-moral economies of care in Ghana and Malawi. Health Policy Plan 2017;32(1…

[HTML][HTML] Mobile phone use among patients and health workers to enhance primary healthcare: A qualitative study in rural South Africa

JOTA Watkins, J Goudge, FX Gómez-Olivé… - Social Science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
… This study investigated the use of mobile phones among patients with chronic diseases, …
health workers and patients used their own mobile phones for healthcare, bearing the cost

'The phone is my boss and my helper'–A gender analysis of an mHealth intervention with Health Extension Workers in Southern Ethiopia

R Steege, L Waldman, DG Datiko, AZ Kea… - Journal of Public …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… via mobile technologies, including mobile phones. There is … , their supervisors, health
workers based at the catchment … lost or stolen phone, they would have to bear this cost; which …

[PDF][PDF] Review of the prospects and challenges of mHealth implementation in developing countries

S Nsor-Anabiah, MU Udunwa, S Malathi - Int J Appl Eng Res, 2019 - academia.edu
… and practice of medicine using mobile devices such as phones, … A medicine dosing tool
for community health workers … in the delivery of quality and cost-effective healthcare services, …

Barriers and benefits of mHealth for community health workers in integrated community case management of childhood diseases in Banda Parish, Kampala, Uganda …

WK Kansiime, E Atusingwize, R Ndejjo, E Balinda… - BMC Primary …, 2024 - Springer
… These were high costs and expenditures in training CHWs … internet connectivity and costs,
expensive mobile device purchase, … are required to buy SMART mobile phones, which may be …

Healthcare Workers' Perceptions Towards the Use of mHealth Technologies in Public Health Facilities in Lagos, Nigeria

O Shekoni, S Iversen - 2022 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
… The expansion of mobile phone availability and usage has … of devices and maintenance of
available devices, and costs. … and they can call and chat up with the health workers or check …