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.