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| Title |
Using mobile phone text messaging for malaria surveillance in rural Kenya
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-107 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sophie Githinji, Samwel Kigen, Dorothy Memusi, Andrew Nyandigisi, Andrew Wamari, Alex Muturi, George Jagoe, René Ziegler, Robert W Snow, Dejan Zurovac |
| Abstract |
Effective surveillance systems are required to track malaria testing and treatment practices. A 26-week study "SMS for Life" was piloted in five rural districts of Kenya to examine whether SMS reported surveillance data could ensure real-time visibility of accurate data and their use by district managers to impact on malaria case-management. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 18 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 33% |
| Spain | 2 | 11% |
| Ghana | 1 | 6% |
| Belgium | 1 | 6% |
| Ireland | 1 | 6% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 89% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 137 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 130 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 35 | 26% |
| Researcher | 22 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 26 | 19% |
| Unknown | 21 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 28% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 26 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. 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 22 April 2014.
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#1,569,878
of 24,775,802 outputs
Outputs from Malaria Journal
#249
of 5,800 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,562
of 228,844 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#9
of 84 outputs
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