Effectiveness of SMS Technology on Timely Community Health Worker Follow-Up for Childhood Malnutrition: A Retrospective Cohort Study in sub-Saharan Africa

Sarma, Shohinee; Nemser, Bennett; Cole-Lewis, Heather; Kaonga, Nadi Nina; Negin, Joel; Namakula, Patricia; Ohemeng-Dapaah, Seth; Kanter, Andrew S.

doi:10.9745/ghsp-d-16-00290

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“… The Global Initiative on Health Technologies (Howitt et al, 2012)  AI-powered Chabots in China (Guo & Li, 2018)  ICT-enabled mobile application to assist healthcare delivery for infants and young children under 5 years in Nigeria (Eze et al, 2019)  Low-cost telecommunication systems for rural primary healthcare personnel such as 'Hispano-American Health Link' (Martínez et al, 2004)  Pan Africa Project providing Tele-consultation services in Egypt and India (Combi et al, 2016)  Malnutrition screening in under 5-years children in Ghana (Sarma et al, 2018)  Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action in South Africa (Coleman et al, 2020)  The e-NABLING future project providing 3D printing of prosthetics (Elmansy, 2015)  SIMpill for improvement of treatment adherence among TB patients in Cape town (Barclay, 2009  Public-private partnership led by Pfizer Global Health Fellows programme (Vian et al, 2007)  Carabayllo project in Peru (Berwick, 2004)  The Millennium Villages Project: a multisectoral, rural development project (Mitchell et al, 2018)  The South-South Initiative in tropical diseases research (Holt et al, 2012)  Collaboration of four sub-Saharan countries to design and run a joint Master Programme with a focus on health workforce (Amde et al, 2014)  Capacity building among hospital managers of Iran in collaboration with World Health Organization (Doshmangir & Takian, 2019)  The Observatory of Human Resources in Health Sector Reforms for the Americas (World Health Organization, 2003a)  The project from the Italian association Patologi Oltre Frontiera for cancer prevention in Zambia (Combi et al, 2016)…”

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Policy Implications of the Concept of Technological Catch-Up for the Management of Healthcare Sector in Developing Countries

Zackery

Zolfagharzadeh

Hamidi

2022

Journal of Health Management

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The concept of technological catch-up can be used as a theoretical platform to design policies for the management of the healthcare sector in developing countries. In this article, initially, the factors affecting a technological catch-up process were collected through a conceptual literature review and prioritised using a fuzzy Delphi survey. The interdependences among important contributory factors were investigated as well. They were then used to create some policy recommendations for the management of the healthcare sector in developing countries through an interdisciplinary integration of the literature of technological catch-up and healthcare. Some exemplary projects/initiatives using these policies were collected too. The quality of human resources, a comprehensive knowledge management system, interactive learning and innovation-encouraging culture were rated as the most important contributing factors to an effectual technological catch-up in the healthcare sector in developing countries. Also, the creation of distributed health social networks, development of systematic knowledge management systems, forming strategic partnerships and designing path-creating technological catch-up processes by focusing on indigenous innovation were the final policy recommendations. All in all, the healthcare sector in developing countries should stop chasing frontiers, should try taking detours and flying a balloon by adopting a strategy of differentiation.

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Section: Riding the Wave Of Emerging Technologies And Seizing The Win...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy Implications of the Concept of Technological Catch-Up for the Management of Healthcare Sector in Developing Countries

Zackery

Zolfagharzadeh

Hamidi

2022

Journal of Health Management

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“…Earlier research has shown that they have high response rates, are user-friendly [8] and inexpensive [9]. The method opens the door for gathering information from populations that may otherwise be difficult to reach, for example rural communities [10], low resource settings [11] but possibly also those with limited computer access or highly mobile individuals. Moreover, the method reduces data handling errors as the responses are registered in the data file directly [9].…”

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Experience of Stress Assessed by Text Messages and Its Association with Objective Workload—A Longitudinal Study

Arapovic-Johansson

Wåhlin

Hagberg

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Exploring stress trajectories in detail and over a long time may give valuable information in terms of both understanding and practice. We followed a group of primary health care employees in a randomized controlled trial. The objective was to describe their experience of stress, explore the intra-individual variability and examine the association between the experience of stress and the objective workload. Weekly text messages with a single item stress question were distributed in two time series: 12 weeks at the beginning of the trial and 26 weeks after the 6-month follow up. Aggregated objective data about workload were collected from their administration office and related to stress levels. There was a seasonal variation, with higher stress during the fall than in spring and summer. The analysis comparing high and low stress subgroups showed that the stress trajectory of a high-stress subgroup was different from that of a low-stress subgroup. Individuals with high exhaustion scores had higher odds of belonging to a subgroup of individuals with high intra-individual variability in stress experience. The objective workload was measured in two ways and was strongly associated with the stress experience. We found that the lower the productivity, the higher the feeling of stress.

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Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and treatment of wasting in children

Papadopoulou,

Lim,

Chin

et al. 2023

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Background Since the early 2010s, there has been a push to enhance the capacity to effectively treat wasting in children through community‐based service delivery models and thus reduce morbidity and mortality. Objectives To assess the effectiveness of identification and treatment of moderate and severe wasting in children aged five years or under by lay health workers working in the community compared with health providers working in health facilities. Search methods We searched MEDLINE, CENTRAL, two other databases, and two ongoing trials registers to 24 September 2021. We also screened the reference lists of related systematic reviews and all included studies. Selection criteria We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and non‐randomised studies in children aged five years or under with moderate wasting (defined as weight‐for‐height Z‐score (WHZ) below −2 but no lower than ≥ −3, or mid‐upper‐arm circumference (MUAC) below 125 mm but no lower than 115 mm, and no nutritional oedema) or severe wasting (WHZ below −3 or MUAC below 115 mm or nutritional oedema). Eligible interventions were: • identification by lay health workers (LHWs) of children with wasting (intervention 1); • identification by LHWs of children with wasting and medical complications needing referral (intervention 2); and • identification by LHWs of children with wasting without medical complications needing referral (intervention 3). Eligible comparators were: • identification and treatment of wasting by health professionals such as nurses or doctors (at health facilities); and • identification and treatment of wasting by health facility‐based teams, including health professionals and LHWs. Data collection and analysis Two review authors independently screened trials, extracted data and assessed risk of bias using the Cochrane risk of bias tool (RoB 2) and Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) guidelines. We used a random‐effects model to meta‐analyse data, producing risk ratios (RRs) for dichotomous outcomes in trials with individual allocation, adjusted RRs for dichotomous outcomes in trials with cluster allocation (using the generic inverse variance method in Review Manager 5), and mean differences (MDs) for continuous outcomes. We used the GRADE approach to assess the certainty of the evidence. Main results We included two RCTs and five non‐RCTs. Six studies were from African countries, and one was from Pakistan. Six studies included children with severe wasting, and one included children with moderate wasting. All studies offered home‐based ready‐to‐use therapeutic food treatment and monitoring. Children received antibiotics in three studies, vitamins or micronutrients in three studies, and deworming treatment in two studies. In three studies, the comparison arm involved LHWs screening...

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Effectiveness of SMS Technology on Timely Community Health Worker Follow-Up for Childhood Malnutrition: A Retrospective Cohort Study in sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

Policy Implications of the Concept of Technological Catch-Up for the Management of Healthcare Sector in Developing Countries

Policy Implications of the Concept of Technological Catch-Up for the Management of Healthcare Sector in Developing Countries

Experience of Stress Assessed by Text Messages and Its Association with Objective Workload—A Longitudinal Study

Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and treatment of wasting in children

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