Acceptability and feasibility of a mobile health application for enhancing public private mix for TB care among healthcare Workers in Southwestern Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health interventions can potentially enhance public-private linkage for tuberculosis care. However, evidence about their acceptability and feasibility is lacking. This study sought to assess the initial acceptability and feasibility of a mobile health application for following up on presumptive tuberculosis patients referred from private to public hospitals. Twenty-two healthcare workers from three private hospitals and a public hospital in southwestern Uganda received the Tuuka mobile application for 1 month for testing. Testing focused on referring patients by healthcare workers from private hospitals and receiving referred patients by public healthcare workers and sending SMS reminders to the referred patients by filling out the digital referral forms inbuilt w

SUBMITTER: Tumuhimbise W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982777 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature