Using mobile phones and open source tools to empower social workers in Tanzania

Dias, M. Beatrice; Teves, Ermine A.; Dias, M. Freddie; Nuffer, Daniel; Alismail, Hatem; Abimbola, R Iyanda; Dias, M. Bernardine; Velazquez, Anthony; Belousov, Sarah; Hall, Brendan

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“…As a way to be able to report brief data on orphans and vulnerable children to government officials, education workers within Tanzania implemented Tanzania SMS-as well as many open source tools on mobile phones. These workers are also using these tools to manage education information costeffectively and efficiently (Alwan et al, 2004;Dias, B. et al, 2010).…”

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Etmis

Alotaibi¹

2022

International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies

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Although there are many education information management systems (EMISs) that currently apply administrative development, they contain limited powers, thus leading to the emergence of problems—the most important and damaging of which being the loss of data quality and ensuring how to verify the validity the education and training information management systems (ETMIS) have all emerged within the world to solve these problems, and considering these systems are widely deployed within Arabian, regional educational, and training institutions, each system has both advantages and disadvantages. This study proposed a unique approach for the ETMIS utilizing an open platform with the goal of supporting management, planning, and dissemination of the education and training systems for all in order to support decision-making and is concerned with improving capacity and centralisation and reliability of information.

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Alotaibi¹

2022

International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies

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“…These countries are working on improving healthcare services in the areas of real-time fall and activity detection for the elderly [41]; heart rate (ECG) monitoring for chronically ill patients [43], [44]; enhancing patient well-being through patient social network [10] and telemedicine to remotely monitor breast cancer patients in rural areas where there is a lack of healthcare services [40], [47]. Health education & awareness program is also initiated in Tanzania where incentive based quizzes were designed in the form of mobile application named 'Text to Change' and were sent through SMS to educate women dealing with pregnancies [48]. In case of Pakistan, the developed solutions largely fall under the categories of telemedicine, and patient monitoring & well-being.…”

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The Ubiquitous Healthcare Facility Framework: A Proposed System for Managing Rural Antenatal Care

2019

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Ubiquitous computing is playing a vital role in the provision of healthcare services through advanced technologies. The ubiquitous environment where resources can be accessed by anyone at anytime regardless of location have brought revolution in delivery and accessibility of healthcare services even in remote areas. Therefore, in recent years more research contributions can be seen to propose digitalized healthcare services in the form of mobile and eServices that are accessible through ubiquitous devices. To exploit the underlining potential of ubiquitous computing, in this research we have proposed a ubiquitous healthcare framework for provision of healthcare services in remote rural areas in province of Punjab, Pakistan. The research has employed a case study research approach to understand the phenomena in depth and in its real context. The unit of analysis is provision of antenatal and child healthcare services at basic health units in the selected region. The case study is constructed through field study by engaging healthcare professionals working at basic health units and data is collected through focus group interviews with healthcare professionals. A proof-of-the-concept ubiquitous framework is proposed as part of the case study by constructing various services to facilitate healthcare professionals in rural areas. To evaluate the proposed ubiquitous framework, an evaluation framework based on usability, information system and ISO models is constructed. Hypothesis are constructed to measure user satisfaction through twelve constructs of the evaluation framework that include availability, adaptability, memorability, effectiveness, responsiveness, cognitive load, error recovery, ease to understand, ease of learning, efficiency of use, navigation, and execution. The data is collected through field surveys by conducting walkthroughs with healthcare professionals in rural areas. The analysis of the data is carried out by employing structured equation modeling in SPSS. The results provide highly significant relationship between constructs and user satisfaction. The study findings show that the healthcare problem in rural areas could be addressed through ubiquitous solutions however, while designing, constructing and evaluating these solutions, the involvement of relevant community is crucial. INDEX TERMS Ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous healthcare, pervasive healthcare, eServices, antenatal health, rural healthcare.

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“…The new system is intended to allow weekly, as opposed to the current monthly, data collection. Another pilot study in Tanzania (Dias et al 2010) used Open Source software and SMS to allow social workers to provide timely and reliable data on school-age orphans and other vulnerable children to government officials.…”

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Real Time Monitoring for the Most Vulnerable: Concepts and Methods

Lucas¹,

Greeley²,

Roelen³

2013

IDS Bulletin

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In assessing the value of different approaches to real-time monitoring for the most vulnerable, an initial requirement is to set out a conceptual framework that provides at least some degree of clarity as to what precisely is meant by 'real time', 'monitoring' and 'vulnerable' -all terms that can be highly contextspecific. That is the first task addressed here. The second is to consider potential sources of data that might be used to undertake real-time monitoring and assess their advantages and disadvantages for the present purpose. Four general approaches are considered -community-based participatory monitoring, sentinel sites, routine data systems and rapid surveys -and selected examples from the literature are given to illustrate the potential use and limitations of their applications.

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Using mobile phones and open source tools to empower social workers in Tanzania

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