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| Title |
Ownership and use of mobile phones among health workers, caregivers of sick children and adult patients in Kenya: cross-sectional national survey
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| Published in |
Globalization and Health, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1744-8603-9-20 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dejan Zurovac, Gabriel Otieno, Samuel Kigen, Agneta M Mbithi, Alex Muturi, Robert W Snow, Andrew Nyandigisi |
| Abstract |
The rapid growth in mobile phone penetration and use of Short Message Service (SMS) has been seen as a potential solution to improve medical and public health practice in Africa. Several studies have shown effectiveness of SMS interventions to improve health workers' practices, patients' adherence to medications and availability of health facility commodities. To inform policy makers about the feasibility of facility-based SMS interventions, the coverage data on mobile phone ownership and SMS use among health workers and patients are needed. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Kenya | 1 | 13% |
| Canada | 1 | 13% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 38% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 188 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 184 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 43 | 23% |
| Researcher | 30 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 38 | 20% |
| Unknown | 32 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 52 | 28% |
| Social Sciences | 22 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 11% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 32 | 17% |
| Unknown | 42 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 December 2016.
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#3,561,046
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Outputs from Globalization and Health
#549
of 1,226 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#29,677
of 205,982 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Globalization and Health
#5
of 12 outputs
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