Behavioural mHealth in developing countries: What about culture? / Andre Matthias Müller
Behavioural health in many developing countries (Lachat et al., 2013) one could suggest to simply make use of infrastructure that is already available – the mobile technology infrastructure. This seems sensible considering that modern mobile technology has reached almost every person on our pl...
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European Health Psychology Society
2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/16797/1/M%C3%BCller_2016_mhealth_culture.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/16797/ http://ehps.net/ehp/index.php/contents/article/view/1680/pdf_179 |
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| Summary: | Behavioural health in many developing countries
(Lachat et al., 2013) one could suggest to simply
make use of infrastructure that is already available
– the mobile technology infrastructure. This seems
sensible considering that modern mobile
technology has reached almost every person on our
planet. Additionally, the digital divide between
developed and developing countries is closing and
in 2016 95% of the global population has access to
a mobile phone network while the number of
mobile broadband subscriptions grows rapidly
especially in developing countries (International
Telecommunication Union, 2016). Mobile
technology ownership is also not limited to any
specific demographic because it is increasingly
affordable and hence, there is potential to utilise
behavioural mHealth approaches to successfully
deal with NCDs in developing countries
(Beratarrechea et al., 2014; Stephani, Opoku, &
Quentin, 2016). |
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