Community Health Worker Use of Smart Devices for Health Promotion: Scoping Review.
Merlin GreuelFrithjof SyTill W BärnighausenMaya AdamFrank TanserJennifer GatesGuy HarlingPublished 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.