Digital technology for treating and preventing mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries: a narrative review of the literature

JA Naslund, KA Aschbrenner, R Araya… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Few individuals living with mental disorders around the globe have access to mental health
care, yet most have access to a mobile phone. Digital technology holds promise for …

[HTML][HTML] Winter is coming: a southern hemisphere perspective of the environmental drivers of SARS-CoV-2 and the potential seasonality of COVID-19

AJ Smit, JM Fitchett, FA Engelbrecht… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 virus infections in humans were first reported in December 2019, the boreal
winter. The resulting COVID-19 pandemic was declared by the WHO in March 2020. By July …

[HTML][HTML] Factors related to students' satisfaction with holding e-learning during the Covid-19 pandemic based on the dimensions of e-learning

L Yekefallah, P Namdar, R Panahi, L Dehghankar - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Background E-learners' satisfaction has a significant impact on the success of the e-learning
process and leads to improving the quality of the e-learning system. Many factors affect e …

Understanding the determinants of mHealth apps adoption in Bangladesh: A SEM-Neural network approach

MZ Alam, W Hu, MA Kaium, MR Hoque, MMD Alam - Technology in Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the low adoption rate of mHealth apps, the apps designers need to understand the
factors behind adoption. But understanding the determinants of mHealth apps adoption …

[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
Mobile phones have the potential to improve access to healthcare information and services
in low-resourced settings. This study investigated the use of mobile phones among patients …

Using WhatsApp messenger for health systems research: a scoping review of available literature

K Manji, J Hanefeld, J Vearey, H Walls… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Globally, the use of mobile phones for improving access to healthcare and conducting
health research has gained traction in recent years as rates of ownership increase …

Mobile phones, gender, and female empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: Studies with African youth

G Porter, K Hampshire, A Abane… - Information …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Data from qualitative and survey research with young people in 24 locations (urban and
rural) across Ghana, Malawi, and South Africa expose the complex interplay between phone …

Informality-sustainable city nexus: The place of informality in advancing sustainable Ghanaian cities

GA Azunre, O Amponsah, SA Takyi… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Economic and spatial informality dominates the cityscape of countries in the Global South.
From the perspective of urban practitioners and other stakeholders, there are two main …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of mHealth interventions for adolescent and young adult HIV prevention and the adolescent HIV continuum of care in low to middle income …

M Goldstein, M Archary, J Adong, JE Haberer… - AIDS and Behavior, 2023 - Springer
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) in low to middle income countries (LMIC) have poorer
outcomes along each step in the HIV continuum of prevention and care compared to …

[HTML][HTML] E-learning for medical education in Sub-Saharan Africa and low-resource settings

S Barteit, A Jahn, SS Banda, T Bärnighausen… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - jmir.org
E-learning has been heralded as a revolutionary force for medical education, especially for
low-resource countries still suffering from a dire lack of health care workers. However …