Health workers' experiences, barriers, preferences and motivating factors in using mHealth forms in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health (mHealth) applications, such as innovative electronic forms on smartphones, could potentially improve the performance of health care workers and health systems in developing countries. However, contextual evidence on health workers' barriers and motivating factors that may influence large-scale implementation of such interfaces for health care delivery is scarce.

Methods

A pretested semistructured questionnaire was used to assess health workers' experiences, barriers, preferences, and motivating factors in using mobile health forms on smartphones in the context of maternal health care in Ethiopia. Twenty-five health extension workers (HEWs) and midwives, working in 13 primary health care facilities in Tigray region, Ethiopia, participated in this stu

SUBMITTER: Medhanyie AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4325949 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature