Identifying the Need for M-Health: A Community Capability Approach

Abstract: Background and Purpose: Mobile-Health, or m-health, is regarded as an enabler for rural communities to access medical services through mobile devices. Research points to the fact that many of these initiatives fail in rural communities, not only to meet the expectations of the communities, but also to bring about any development. The traditional view of development utilizes tangible indicators such as the gross domestic product of a region to assess development. Within the African context, however, for an initiative to be deemed successful, it must provide the answer to a very fundamental question: “Have our need(s) been met?” A positive response to an intervention in this respect can lead to development. We propose an approach to identify m-health needs within a rural community based on an amendment of Sen’s Capability Approach (CA) paradigm to include community capabilities, as communities as entities play such an important role within the African landscape. Sen defines developme.... https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/63

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Identifying the Need for M-Health: A Community Capability Approach ; volume:1 ; number:1 ; day:01 ; month:10 ; year:2013 ; Journal of health informatics in Africa ; 1, Heft 1 (01.10.2013)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Grobbelaar, Leon ; Pottas, Dalenca ; Korpela, Mikko

Further information

• DOI: 10.12856/JHIA-2013-v1-i1-63
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021022209152867022775
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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