Scoping review assessing the evidence used to support the adoption of mobile health (mHealth) technologies for the education and training of community health workers (CHWs) in low-income and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Undertake a systematic scoping review to determine how a research evidence base, in the form of existing systematic reviews in the field of mobile health (mHealth), constitutes education and training for community health workers (CHWs) who use mobile technologies in everyday work. The review was informed by the following research questions: does educational theory inform the design of the education and training component of mHealth interventions? How is education and training with mobile technology by CHWs in low-income and middle-income countries categorised by existing systematic reviews? What is the basis for this categorisation?

Setting

The review explored the literature from 2000 to 2017 to investigate how mHealth interventions have been positioned within the

SUBMITTER: Winters N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067337 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature