Dengue Fever Awareness Using Mobile Application: DeFever

Baharum, Aslina; Tanalol, Siti Hasnah; Edward, J; Rusli, Nordaliela Mohd; Ismail, Ismassabah; Zain, Nurul Hidayah Mat

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8276-4_27

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“…17 Mobile-based intervention provides dengue-based health information and preventive practices, reducing transaction costs and providing quick access to information. 16 18 Several mobile Health applications with features such as real-time dengue surveillance, 15 19-22 dengue education, 15 19 23 symptoms checker 19 23 and health communication have been widely accepted and considered useful for prompt response and early preparedness. 15 There is an increasing evidence of mobile technologies and applications on increasing knowledge and preventive behaviours on dengue fever.…”

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“…We developed a dengue-based mobile app named NepaDengue that includes features like health awareness, symptoms checker, reminder alert and reporting of breeding sites for dengue fever. Denguebased applications like Mo-Buzz (Sri Lanka), 19 Mozzify (Philippines), 15 DeFever (Malaysia) 23 and FeverDX (Colombia) 30 are developed and tested in diverse countries. While Mo-Buzz, 19 Mozzify, 15 DeFever 23 and FeverDX 30 primarily focus on aspects such as real-time reporting, disease prediction, awareness and clinical evaluation, NepaDengue uniquely centres around community education, preventive practices and local reporting of breeding sites that place a strong emphasis on creating awareness and encouraging community engagement.…”

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Feasibility of NepaDengue mobile application for dengue prevention and control: user and stakeholder perspectives in Nepal

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Pokhrel,

Thapa

et al. 2024

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BackgroundDengue has emerged as a significant public health issue in Nepal since 2006, necessitating innovative approaches to disseminating timely information and promoting preventive behaviour. Our study focuses on developing and pretesting a mobile health app called NepaDengue, assessing its acceptance and factors influencing its implementation.MethodsA concurrent triangulation mixed-method design was used, and an intervention was conducted among 228 university students using the mobile application. Acceptability was assessed using the technology acceptance model (TAM) based on user experiences over 1 week. Focus group discussions among students and female community health volunteers and key informant interviews among key dengue stakeholders were conducted to explore facilitators and barriers. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and a thematic analysis was conducted.ResultsThe high acceptability mean rating scores reported based on the TAM construct indicate that the application is perceived as useful and easy to use and exhibits good functioning and gestural design. The use of the NepaDengue application for dengue prevention and control activities has been perceived as acceptable by users and stakeholders. However, specific barriers were identified, including concerns about sustained usability, illiteracy and limited access to the internet and smartphones. We suggested promoting the application, fostering government ownership and encouraging collaboration to enhance its reach and effective implementation.ConclusionsThe NepaDengue application has been perceived as a promising tool for dengue prevention and control in Nepal. Further piloting and implementation of the app in the community setting is recommended.

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