A Missing Link: HIV-/AIDS-Related mHealth Interventions for Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Purpose of review Through a review of the peer-reviewed and gray literature on HIV mobile health (mHealth) tools for health workers and in-depth interviews with mHealth leaders in the field, we provide a synthesis of current work and propose mHealth research priorities for HIV prevention, care, and treatment.Recent findings Significant investment in implementation research and bringing together researchers capable of identifying drivers of successful implementation and industry leaders capable of bringing efficacious tools to scale are needed to move this area forward. Effective and appropriate technologies to support health systems in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries are needed to improve the efficiency and quality of health service delivery and ultimately improve health outcomes. Although a growing number of HIV mHealth tools have been developed to support health workers, few of these tools have been rigorously evaluated and even fewer have been brought to scale.
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Few mHealth technologies currently exist to support health workers' use of data to inform decision making about HIV services.
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- Authors
- Gimbel, S., Kawakyu, N., Dau, H., & Unger, J. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gimbel, Sarah
- Venue
- Current HIV/AIDS Reports
- Published
- 2018-09-26
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 414-422
- ISSN
- 1548-3568 (ISSN-L)
- 1548-3576
- PMC
- PMC7704394
- OpenAlex
- W2893093802
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 0.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Current HIV/AIDS Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R21AI124399)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › ICT in Developing Communities
- Keywords
- mobile health intervention, healthcare workers, HIV prevention, HIV care and treatment, low- and middle-income countries, implementation research, health care delivery, research priorities
- MeSH terms
- Community Health Workers, Delivery of Health Care, Developing Countries, HIV, Humans, HIV Infections, Telemedicine
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