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Community Health Worker Use of Smart Devices for Health Promotion: Scoping Review.

Merlin GreuelFrithjof SyTill W BärnighausenMaya AdamFrank TanserJennifer GatesGuy Harling
Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2023)
Smart mobile devices may augment CHWs' field performance and enhance face-to-face interactions with clients, yet they also generate new challenges. The available evidence is scarce, mostly qualitative, and focused on a limited range of health outcomes. Future research should include larger-scale interventions across a wide range of health outcomes and feature client health behavior change as an end point.
Keyphrases
  • health promotion
  • machine learning
  • physical activity
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