MHealth Innovation in Asia : : Grassroots Challenges and Practical Interventions.

• Superior document: Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications Series
• Author: Baulch, Emma.
• TeilnehmendeR: Watkins, Jerry.; Tariq, Amina.
• Place / Publishing House: Dordrecht : : Springer Netherlands,, 2018.; Ã2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (138 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Social and Cultural Futures-The Everyday Use and Shifting Discourse of mHealth -- References -- 2 One Size Does Not Fit All: The Importance of Contextually Sensitive mHealth Strategies for Frontline Female Health Workers -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 mHealth Implementation for Antenatal Care in Pakistan -- 2.2.1 Lady Health Workers: Primary Carers for Rural Mothers in Pakistan -- 2.2.2 Antenatal Care in Pakistan: Proposed mHealth Monitoring Solutions -- 2.2.2.1 Project Background -- 2.2.2.2 mHealth Solution: Overall Proposed Design -- 2.2.2.3 Project Implementation Setting -- 2.2.2.4 Project Team -- 2.2.3 Project Implementation Journey -- 2.2.3.1 Phase 1: Requirements Gathering -- 2.2.3.2 Phase 2: Initial Testing and User Training -- 2.2.3.3 Phase 3: Postlaunch User Feedback -- 2.3 The Way Forward -- 2.3.1 Incorporating Communication into mHealth Programs -- 2.3.1.1 Contextually Sensitive Technological Choices -- 2.3.1.2 Micro-level mHealth Promotion: Benefitting from Existing Technological Options -- 2.3.1.3 Incorporating Immaterial Labor Costs in Project Budgets -- 2.3.2 Macro-level Strategies for Increased Acceptance of LHWs -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Path to Scale: Navigating Design, Policy, and Infrastructure -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Infrastructure: Creating a Balance Between Feasibility and Sustainability -- 3.3 Technology: The Right Tools for the Right Context -- 3.4 Institutional Partnerships -- 3.5 Human Resources -- 3.6 Policy -- 3.7 Financial Sustainability -- 3.7.1 Direct Government Financing -- 3.7.2 Alternative Ways of Sustainable Financing -- 3.7.3 Cost-Effectiveness -- 3.8 Interoperability: An Open Architecture Framework -- 3.9 User-Centered Design -- 3.10 Impact -- 3.11 Conclusion: The Path to Scale -- References.

4 The Use of Mobile Phones in Rural Javanese Villages: Knowledge Production and Information Exchange Among Poor Women with Diabetes -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Traditional Gender Roles in Rural Java and Women's Autonomy -- 4.3 Mobile Phone and Health Needs Among Rural Village Women -- 4.4 Culture and Rural Women's Use of Mobile Phones -- 4.5 Text Message as an Alternative Communicative Space -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Identifying Grassroots Opportunities and Barriers to mHealth Design for HIV/AIDS Using a Communicative Ecologies Framework -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Problem Definition: Optimising Adherence to Therapy -- 5.3 Grassroots Opportunities -- 5.4 Grassroots Challenges -- 5.5 Aim, Sites of Investigation -- 5.6 Approach, Methods -- 5.7 Results: Denpasar Site -- 5.7.1 Usage -- 5.7.2 Impact of Mobiles on Work -- 5.7.3 Mobile Versus In-Person Interaction -- 5.7.4 Personal Connectivity -- 5.8 Results: Makassar Site -- 5.8.1 Usage -- 5.8.2 Impact of Mobiles on Work -- 5.8.3 Mobile Versus In-Person Interaction -- 5.8.4 Personal Connectivity -- 5.9 Conclusion -- 5.9.1 Health Infrastructure -- 5.9.2 FSW Client Mobility -- 5.9.3 Information Literacy -- 5.10 Conclusion -- 5.10.1 Limitations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 mHealth, Health, and Mobility: A Culture-Centered Interrogation -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 mHealth and Health Outcomes -- 6.3 mHealth and Community -- 6.4 mHealth and Hard-to-Reach Communities -- 6.5 mHealth, State, and Market -- 6.6 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Smart Health Facilitator: Chinese Consumers' Perceptions and Interpretations of Fitness Mobile Apps -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Gaps in the Literature -- 7.3 Methodology -- 7.4 Singular Versus Multiple Use -- 7.5 Apps that Afford Control Versus Apps that Constrain.

7.6 Improved Quality of Life Versus Overdependence -- 7.7 Loneliness Versus Belonging -- 7.8 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Afterword: Reflections on a Decade of mHealth Innovation in Asia -- References.