scholarly journals 428. Mobile Phone Access and Comfort: Implications for HIV and Tuberculosis Care in India and South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S162-S162
Author(s):  
Sarah N Cox ◽  
Jessica Elf ◽  
Rahul Lokhande ◽  
Yasmin P Ogale ◽  
Lisa DiAndreth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Phone Access ◽  
Tuberculosis Care

scholarly journals Does having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. e0236078
Author(s):  
Diwakar Mohan ◽  
Jean Juste Harrisson Bashingwa ◽  
Nicki Tiffin ◽  
Diva Dhar ◽  
Nicola Mulder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Exploratory Analysis ◽  
National Family Health Survey ◽  
National Family ◽  
Phone Access

What does it mean for a woman to have access to a phone in India? Implications for the development of mHealth interventions for maternal health (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchita S. Pendse ◽  
Alison M. El Ayadi ◽  
Preetika Sharma ◽  
Alka Ahuja ◽  
Darshan Hosapatna Basavarajappa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Postpartum Care ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽  
Phone Access

BACKGROUND As mobile phone uptake in India continues to grow, there is continued interest in mobile platform-based interventions for health education among other topics. Existing studies demonstrate a significant gender gap in mobile phone access, and suggest women’s access to mobile phones is constrained by economic and diverse social barriers. Pregnancy and postpartum care is one of many targets for mobile health (mHealth) interventions which particularly rely on women’s access to and facility with mobile phone use. OBJECTIVE This paper describes dynamics and patterns of women’s mobile phone access and use among both phone owners and non-owners, including potential barriers to mHealth participation. METHODS Mixed-methods data were obtained from two different surveys (n=102 and n=29), two sets of in-depth interviews (n=20 and 29), and weekly data collection obtained in preparation for or within the pilot of an mHealth postpartum care intervention in rural Punjab in July 2020-February 2021. RESULTS A majority of women owned their own phone, though about half (52%) of phone owners still reported sharing their phone with other family members. Sharing a phone with female family members typically allowed for better access than sharing with male family members. Some households have strict preferences against daughters-in-law having phones, or otherwise significantly restrict or control women’s phone access. Others reported concerns about phone use-related health hazards during pregnancy or postpartum for mother and infant. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest significant variability and nuance to what is meant by women’s phone ownership and access given the numerous additional constraints on their use of phones, particularly during pregnancy and postpartum. Future research and mHealth interventions should probe these domains to better understand these dynamics governing women’s access, use, and fluency with mobile phones to optimally design mHealth interventions. mHealth, mobile health, digital health, India, pregnancy, pregnant women, postpartum, postpartum care INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-10.2196/preprints.34087

scholarly journals Mobile phone access and comfort: implications for HIV and tuberculosis care in India and South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 865-872
Author(s):  
S. N. Cox ◽  
J. L. Elf ◽  
R. Lokhande ◽  
Y. P. Ogale ◽  
L. DiAndreth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Phone Access ◽  
Tuberculosis Care

scholarly journals Characteristics of mobile phone access and usage in rural and urban Guatemala: assessing feasibility of text message reminders to increase childhood immunizations

mHealth ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 9-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen J. Domek ◽  
Ingrid L. Contreras-Roldan ◽  
Edwin J. Asturias ◽  
Michael Bronsert ◽  
Guillermo Antonio Bolaños Ventura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Childhood Immunizations ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Phone Access

Realization of Book Locating by RFID Technology in Mobile Phone Libraries

2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 4140-4142
Author(s):  
Ying Pei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Rfid System ◽  
Phone Access

Book positioning in mobile phone libraries could make readers acquire books conveniently andquickly. Readers could use mobile phone access to OPAC system, and apply to book positioning systemwhich is based on RFID system for book positioning. The book positioning system combines with the RFIDsystem to fix the position of books, converts spatial information of books to geographic location information,then feedbacks the information to readers by mobile phone.

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