mHealth Innovation in Asia
Grassroots Challenges and Practical Interventions
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Publisher: Springer Nature
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Table of contents
Keyword(s):
mHealth Innovation in Asia,
mHealth Initiatives and Policy,
Grassroots mHealth Projects in Asia,
Practical mHealth Interventions in Asia,
Structures and Infrastructures of mHealth in Asia,
Mobile Health,
Health and Wellbeing,
Media and Communications,
Development Studies on Public Health,
Community Health Workers,
Mobile Phones in Health
This open access book offers a detailed account of a range of mHealth initiatives across South, Southeast and East Asia. It provides readers with deep insights into the challenges such initiatives face on the ground, and a view of the diverse cultural contexts shaping strategies for overcoming these challenges. The book brings together various discussions on the broader mHealth literature, and demonstrates how a research focus on diverse Asian contexts influences the success and/or failure of current mHealth initiatives. It also highlights the important roles social scientists can play in advancing theoretical approaches, as well as planning, implementing and evaluating mHealth initiatives. The book is a valuable resource for project planners, policy developers in NGOs and government institutions, as well as academics, researchers and students in the fields of public health, communications and development studies.
Description
Subject(s):
mHealth Innovation in Asia,
mHealth Initiatives and Policy,
Grassroots mHealth Projects in Asia,
Practical mHealth Interventions in Asia,
Structures and Infrastructures of mHealth in Asia,
Mobile Health,
Health and Wellbeing,
Media and Communications,
Development Studies on Public Health,
Community Health Workers,
Mobile Phones in Health
This open access book offers a detailed account of a range of mHealth initiatives across South, Southeast and East Asia. It provides readers with deep insights into the challenges such initiatives face on the ground, and a view of the diverse cultural contexts shaping strategies for overcoming these challenges. The book brings together various discussions on the broader mHealth literature, and demonstrates how a research focus on diverse Asian contexts influences the success and/or failure of current mHealth initiatives. It also highlights the important roles social scientists can play in advancing theoretical approaches, as well as planning, implementing and evaluating mHealth initiatives. The book is a valuable resource for project planners, policy developers in NGOs and government institutions, as well as academics, researchers and students in the fields of public health, communications and development studies.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction: Social and Cultural Futures—The Everyday Use and Shifting Discourse of mHealth
- 2. One Size Does Not Fit All: The Importance of Contextually Sensitive mHealth Strategies for Frontline Female Health Workers
- 3. The Path to Scale: Navigating Design, Policy, and Infrastructure
- 4. The Use of Mobile Phones in Rural Javanese Villages: Knowledge Production and Information Exchange Among Poor Women with Diabetes
- 5. Identifying Grassroots Opportunities and Barriers to mHealth Design for HIV/AIDS Using a Communicative Ecologies Framework
- 6. mHealth, Health, and Mobility: A Culture-Centered Interrogation
- 7. Smart Health Facilitator: Chinese Consumers’ Perceptions and Interpretations of Fitness Mobile Apps
- 8. Afterword: Reflections on a Decade of mHealth Innovation in Asia