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Enhancing Community Health Workers Performance With Mobile Technology
Dennis M. Israelski, MDPresident and CEO, InSTEDD
with support from PEPfAR,HIPPP
Source: Wall Street, 20th Century Fox, Written by Stanley Weiser and Oliver Stone, Directed by Oliver Stone, Produced by Edward Pressman, 1987
Global Cell Phone Usage
Over 1.20.901 - 1.20
.601 - .900
.301 - 600 Under .300
Cell Phones Per Person
source: World Bank, 2011 http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.CEL.SETS.P2
Over 1.20.901 - 1.20
.601 - .900
.301 - 600 Under .300
87%of the global population is a mobile phone user
Cell Phones Per Person
source: World Bank, 2011 http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.CEL.SETS.P2
source: CIA World Fact book 20010-11
4.5 billionusers in the developing world
87%of the global population is a mobile phone user
Ray Kurswell quote: kid in africa has more info than the pres 15 yrs ago
A kid in Africa with a smartphone today has
access to more information than the President of the United States had just
15 years ago.
source: Quote from Futurist, Ray Kurzweil, Time Magazine, March 26, 2012
smalllightweightportableconnectedinexpensivesimpleconvenientintuitiveaccessible
+
opportunity
communityCHW
performanceformal health
system
The Community Health Worker at the Intersection of Two Dynamic Systems
source: USAID Community Health Worker Evidence Summit Concept Note, 2012
countries have severe
shortages of health workers
57
are in sub-Saharan Africa
36
Countries with a Critical Shortage of Health Service Providers
(doctors, nurses and midwives)countries with critical shortage
countries without critical shortage
source: WHO, Global Atlas of Health Workforce (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/g8summit/healthworkers_large.gif)
53%of the population of Africa
owns a mobile phone
source: World Bank, 2011
74%
of the population of Asiaowns a mobile phone53
%of the population of Africa
owns a mobile phone
source: World Bank, 2011
mobile communicationstechnologies
mHealth+ health issues+ service delivery+ decision support+ supervision+ more
mHealth:at the intersection of mobile communication
technologies and health
mHealth:the delivery of health care services via mobile communication devices
initial search strategyn = 5,868
unique citationsn = 4,667
relevant mHealth literature obtained
n = 2,603
relevant CHW & mHealth
literature obtainedn = 35
full text of potentially relevant literature
obtained n = 37
literature included in analysisn = 26
duplicate citations identified & excluded
n = 1,201
mHealth exclusions based on title,
abstract & author key wordsn = 2,064
CHW exclusions based on title, abstract & key words
n = 2,568
CHW & mHealth inclusions based on citations
n = 4
studies excused post full-text review
n = 11
Systematic Review of the Literature
Catalani, C et. al. ( Manuscript in Preparation) supported by HIPPP, PEPfAR
engineering
medical
publichealth
globaldevelopme
ntdatabases
mHealth
research areas
Catalani, C et. al.
Systematic Review of the Literature
Catalani, C et. al. ( Manuscript Submitted) supported by HIPPP, PEPfAR
Systematic Review of the Literature
Catalani, C et. al. ( Manuscript Submitted) supported by HIPPP, PEPfAR
- errors- data loss- lack of real-time QA- lack of CHW supervision - lack of rapid response- travel expenses
Mahmud N, Rodriguez J, Nesbit J. A text message-based intervention to bridge the healthcare communication gap in the rural developing world. Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine. 2010 Jan;18(2):137-44.
Curioso WH, Karras BT, Campos PE, Buendia C, Holmes KK, Kimball AM. Design and implementation of Cell-PREVEN: a real-time surveillance system for adverse events using cell phones in Peru. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2005 Jan;:176-80.
Bernabe-Ortiz A, Curioso WH, Gonzales MA, Evangelista W, Castagnetto JM, Carcamo CP, et al. Handheld computers for self-administered sensitive data collection: a comparative study in Peru. BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2008 Jan;8:11.
Tomlinson M, Solomon W, Singh Y, Doherty T, Chopra M, Ijumba P, et al. The use of mobile phones as a data collection tool: a report from a household survey in South Africa. BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2009 Jan;9:51.
AsiaN=5
AfricaN=9
North America
N=1
South America
N=2
mHealth
research locations
Catalani, C et. al.
mHealth
research use cases
provide decentralized services
address health issues
professional support
& supervision
provision of medical services
Catalani, C et. al.
mHealth
effective support fortask shifting
+ health system
productivity
+ human resources
- errors- costs
Catalani, C et. al.
+ fewer errors+ less data loss+ real-time review of quality+ close CHW supervision + rapid response capabilities+ cost effective
Mahmud N, Rodriguez J, Nesbit J. A text message-based intervention to bridge the healthcare communication gap in the rural developing world. Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine. 2010 Jan;18(2):137-44.
Curioso WH, Karras BT, Campos PE, Buendia C, Holmes KK, Kimball AM. Design and implementation of Cell-PREVEN: a real-time surveillance system for adverse events using cell phones in Peru. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2005 Jan;:176-80.
Bernabe-Ortiz A, Curioso WH, Gonzales MA, Evangelista W, Castagnetto JM, Carcamo CP, et al. Handheld computers for self-administered sensitive data collection: a comparative study in Peru. BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2008 Jan;8:11.
Tomlinson M, Solomon W, Singh Y, Doherty T, Chopra M, Ijumba P, et al. The use of mobile phones as a data collection tool: a report from a household survey in South Africa. BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2009 Jan;9:51.
small scaleindependentexploratory
non-collaborative
project E
project C
project G
project B
project H
project F
project D
project A
small scaleindependentexploratory
non-collaborative
project E
project C
project G
project B
project H
project F
project D
project A
PILOTITIS
interoperability
reusabilityscalability
sustainability
project C
project G
project B
project H
project F
project D
project E
project A
+ country leadership & ownership*+ human-centered design+ engaged end users + capacity development*+ strategic reuse*+ interoperability+ open source accessibility* + coordinating, harmonizing & sharing*+ research & evaluation*+ implementation science agenda for M&E, operations research, economic assessment & impact evaluation
Recommendations for the Future
*Greentree Principles
Caricia Catalani, DrPH, MPHInSTEDD and University of California, Berkeley*
Rebecca Braun, DrPH(c), MPHUniversity of California, Berkeley
Enhancing Community Health Workers Performance With Mobile Technology
(manuscript in preparation)
*former member
Health Informatics, Public Private Partnership
A Central OGAC Initiative
Paul Biondich, Regenstrief Institute
Dennis Israelski, InSTEDD
Chris Seebregts, Jembi, South Africa
Mike Gehron, OGAC
John Novak, USAID
Xen Santas, CDC
Chris Bailey, WHO*
Management
Team
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