M-Health Application For Malaria Health Care Workers

Fedestus, Bahati Opetu

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dc.creator	Fedestus, Bahati Opetu
dc.date	2014-01-23T13:57:45Z
dc.date	2014-01-23T13:57:45Z
dc.date	2014-01-23
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-19T20:42:58Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-19T20:42:58Z
dc.identifier	http://ezproxy.kca.ac.ke:8010/xmlui/handle/123456789/81
dc.identifier.uri	http://41.89.49.13:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/703
dc.description	A Thesis Submitted To KCA University In Partial Fulfilment To The Requirements Of The Masters Of Science In Data Communications Program August 2013.
dc.description	Mobile and wireless technologies have been on the rapid increase and their applications in social sectors of life have also been growing. In the health care management, these wireless and mobile technologies have provided the possibility to prevent disease, improve treatment, advance health research, enhance diagnosis of diseases, reduce disparities, and increase patients access to the much needed health services and lower cost of health care service provision in ways previously unimaginable.Continuous biological, real-time, behavioural, and environmental data collected by wireless and mobile technologies may tremendously be used to advance our understanding of the health issues and disease, especially when combined with data from areas such as electronic medical records and genomics.The need for rigorous research that examines the prospective and challenges of harnessing mobile technologies to improve efficient malaria management and treatment is critical. Mobile and wireless technologies are developing at an exponential pace; however, the integration, usage and translation of these cutting/leading-edge technologies into meticulously evaluated health research and health care tools have lagged behind as they have not been effectively converted into tools than can lead to the betterment of health care services. Advancement in information and communication technology in the past years has revolutionised the way medical services are offered around the world. In general, mHealth applications leverage mobile phone features such as text or voice messages and video which can be educational or motivational for the patient. Chronic diseases and conditions are benefiting from near real-time monitoring of heart bit rate, blood pressure and changes in cholesterol levels etc. End users of mHealth applications are very diverse include caregivers, patients, healthcare providers, and families, which create a seamless mobile ecosystem to enable a more functional and productive lifestyle.This research basically explores how mobile and wireless technologies can be used to help in the efficient management and treatment of the malaria menace in Kenya through real time collection and transmission of accurate data and also live interaction between health care workers and patients in remote rural areas.The research methodology adopted by researcher is qualitative in nature .The study uses focus group research approach where two focus groups of six malaria health care workers each were selected in a purposively manner to participate in the research focus group interviews .The research sought to illustrate the usage of the existing malaria M-Health applications followed by definition of the technical requirements of malaria M-Health applications, and to design, develop and test a malaria M-Health application that will help health care workers collect manage and transmit the required medical data.
dc.language	en
dc.relation	11/01867;
dc.title	M-Health Application For Malaria Health Care Workers
dc.type	Thesis