Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are unlikely to be met in most low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Smartphones and smartphone proxy systems using simpler phones, equipped with the capabilities to identify location/time and link to the web, are increasingly available and likely to provide an...
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| description | Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are unlikely to be met in most low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Smartphones and smartphone proxy systems using simpler phones, equipped with the capabilities to identify location/time and link to the web, are increasingly available and likely to provide an excellent platform to support healthcare self-management, delivery, quality, and supervision. Smart phones allow information to be delivered by voice, texts, pictures, and videos as well as be triggered by location and date. Prompts and reminders, as well as real-time monitoring, can improve quality of health care. We propose a three-tier model for designing platforms for both professional and paraprofessional health providers and families: (1) foundational functions (informing, training, monitoring, shaping, supporting, and linking to care); (2) content-specific targets (e.g., for MDG; developmentally related tasks); (3) local cultural adaptations (e.g., language). We utilize the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) MDG in order to demonstrate how the existing literature can be organized and leveraged on open-source platforms and provide examples using our own experience in Africa over the last 8 years. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dcb05420c8b745bda439184ddf01ff672025-02-03T01:11:19ZengWileyInternational Journal of Telemedicine and Applications1687-64151687-64232012-01-01201210.1155/2012/973237973237Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child HealthMary Jane Rotheram-Borus0Mark Tomlinson1Dallas Swendeman2Adabel Lee3Erynne Jones4Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour, University of California, Los Angeles, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USADepartment of Psychology, Wilcocks Building, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch 7600, South AfricaSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour, University of California, Los Angeles, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USASemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour, University of California, Los Angeles, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USASemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour, University of California, Los Angeles, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USAMillennium Development Goals (MDGs) are unlikely to be met in most low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Smartphones and smartphone proxy systems using simpler phones, equipped with the capabilities to identify location/time and link to the web, are increasingly available and likely to provide an excellent platform to support healthcare self-management, delivery, quality, and supervision. Smart phones allow information to be delivered by voice, texts, pictures, and videos as well as be triggered by location and date. Prompts and reminders, as well as real-time monitoring, can improve quality of health care. We propose a three-tier model for designing platforms for both professional and paraprofessional health providers and families: (1) foundational functions (informing, training, monitoring, shaping, supporting, and linking to care); (2) content-specific targets (e.g., for MDG; developmentally related tasks); (3) local cultural adaptations (e.g., language). We utilize the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) MDG in order to demonstrate how the existing literature can be organized and leveraged on open-source platforms and provide examples using our own experience in Africa over the last 8 years.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/973237 |
| spellingShingle | Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus Mark Tomlinson Dallas Swendeman Adabel Lee Erynne Jones Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications |
| title | Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health |
| title_full | Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health |
| title_fullStr | Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health |
| title_short | Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health |
| title_sort | standardized functions for smartphone applications examples from maternal and child health |
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