tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Can the ubiquitous power of mobile phones be used to improve health outcomes in developing countries"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Can the ubiquitous power of mobile phones be used to improve health outcomes in developing countries | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Open Access Can the ubiquitous power of mobile phones be used to improve health outcomes in developing countries Warren A Kaplan Address Center for International Health and Development Boston University School of Public Health 85 E. Concord Street Boston MA 02118 USA Email Warren A Kaplan - wak@ Corresponding author Published 23 May 2006 Received 06 March 2006 Globalization and Health 2006 2 9 doi 1744-8603-2-9 Accepted 23 May 2006 This article is available from http content 2 1 9 2006 Kaplan licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background The ongoing policy debate about the value of communications technology in promoting development objectives is diverse. Some view computer web phone communications technology as insufficient to solve development problems while others view communications technology as assisting all sections of the population. This paper looks at evidence to support or refute the idea that fixed and mobile telephones is or could be an effective healthcare intervention in developing countries. Methods A Web-based and library database search was undertaken including the following databases MEDLINE CINAHL nursing allied health Evidence Based Medicine EBM POPLINE BIOSIS and Web of Science AIDSearch MEDLINE AIDS HIV Subset AIDSTRIALS AIDSDRUGS databases. Results Evidence can be found to both support and refute the proposition that fixed and mobile telephones is or could be an effective healthcare intervention in developing countries. It is difficult to generalize because of the different outcome measurements and the small number of