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Demographic and Psychosocial Characteristics of Mobile Phone Ownership and Usage among Youth Living in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Introduction: The use of mobile phones and other technology for improving health through research and practice is growing quickly, in particular in areas with difficult-to-reach population or where the research infrastructure is less developed.
Monica H. Swahn, Sarah Braunstein, Rogers Kasirye   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Disparities in mobile phone ownership reflect inequities in access to healthcare

PLOS Digital Health, 2023
Human movement and population connectivity inform infectious disease management. Remote data, particularly mobile phone usage data, are frequently used to track mobility in outbreak response efforts without measuring representation in target populations.
Alexandre Blake, Ashley Hazel, John Jakurama, Justy Matundu, Nita Bharti   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Heterogeneous mobile phone ownership and usage patterns in Kenya.

PLoS ONE, 2012
The rapid adoption of mobile phone technologies in Africa is offering exciting opportunities for engaging with high-risk populations through mHealth programs, and the vast volumes of behavioral data being generated as people use their phones provide ...
Amy Wesolowski, Nathan Eagle, Abdisalan M Noor, Robert W Snow, Caroline O Buckee   +4 more
doaj   +7 more sources

Mobile Phone Ownership and Use Among Women Screening for Cervical Cancer in a Community-Based Setting in Western Kenya: Observational Study

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2022
BackgroundMobile phone ownership among women of reproductive age in western Kenya is not well described, and our understanding of its link with care-seeking behaviors is nascent.
Jacob Stocks, Saduma Ibrahim, Lawrence Park, Megan Huchko   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Factors associated with mobile phone ownership and potential use for rabies vaccination campaigns in southern Malawi

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background Rabies is a fatal but preventable viral disease, which causes an estimated 59 000 human deaths globally every year. The vast majority of human rabies cases are attributable to bites from infected domestic dogs and consequently control of ...
Orla Marron, Gareth Thomas, Jordana L. Burdon Bailey, Dagmar Mayer, Paul O. Grossman, Frederic Lohr, Andy D. Gibson, Luke Gamble, Patrick Chikungwa, Julius Chulu, Ian G. Handel, Barend M. de C Bronsvoort, Richard J. Mellanby, Stella Mazeri   +13 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Digital access and structural indicators of social isolation among older adults in Rwanda: a nationally representative study [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundSocial isolation and reduced social connectedness are important public health concerns among older adults and are associated with adverse health outcomes.
Mignonne Umurerwa, Syed Shafiq Tamal, Yves Gashugi, Fauste Ndikumana   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Early Mobile Phone Ownership: Influencing the Wellbeing of Girls and Boys in Ireland?

Journal of Children and Media, 2020
Children live in a technology-mediated world, and most young people use a variety of technologies in their daily lives. However, despite intense public discourse, we have little empirical evidence on how technology use impacts on children’s development ...
Selina McCoy, Sean Lyons, Seraphim Dempsey   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Mobile Phone Ownership, Health Apps, and Tablet Use in US Adults With a Self-Reported History of Hypertension: Cross-Sectional Study

JMIR MHealth and UHealth, 2019
BackgroundMobile phone and tablet ownership have increased in the United States over the last decade, contributing to the growing use of mobile health (mHealth) interventions to help patients manage chronic health conditions like diabetes.
Eli Maayan, Meeki Lad, Azizi Seixas
exaly   +3 more sources

Mobile phone ownership and willingness to receive mHealth services among patients with diabetes mellitus in South-West, Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: mobile phone technology is increasingly used to overcome traditional barriers to limiting access to diabetes care. This study evaluated mobile phone ownership and willingness to receive and pay for mobile phone-based diabetic services among
Michael Adeyemi Olamoyegun, Taiwo Hussean Raimi, Oluwabukola Ayodele Ala, Joseph Olusesan Fadare   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

An investigation of the longitudinal association of ownership of mobile phones and having internet access with intimate partner violence among young married women in India

Journal of public health, 2023
Purpose We explored the prevalence of intimate partner violence (physical, sexual, and emotional) and its longitudinal associations with the ownership of mobile phones and internet access among married women within the context of India.
Shriya Thakkar, T. Muhammad, Chanda Maurya   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source