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abstract: 'Africa''s recent communications `revolution'' has generated optimism that
using mobile phones for health (mhealth) can help bridge healthcare
gaps, particularly for rural, hard-to-reach populations. However, while
scale-up of mhealth pilots remains limited, health-workers across the
continent possess mobile phones. This article draws on interviews from
Ghana and Malawi to ask whether/how health-workers are using their
phones informally and with what consequences. Healthworkers were found
to use personal mobile phones for a wide range of purposes: obtaining
help in emergencies; communicating with patients/colleagues;
facilitating community-based care, patient monitoring and medication
adherence; obtaining clinical advice/information and managing logistics.
However, the costs were being borne by the health-workers themselves,
particularly by those at the lower echelons, in rural communities, often
on minimal stipends/salaries, who are required to `care'' even at
substantial personal cost. Although there is significant potential for
`informal mhealth'' to improve (rural) healthcare, there is a risk that
the associated moral and political economies of care will reinforce
existing socioeconomic and geographic inequalities.'
affiliation: 'Hampshire, K (Corresponding Author), Univ Durham, Dept Anthropol, Durham
DH1 3LE, England.
Hampshire, Kate; Porter, Gina, Univ Durham, Dept Anthropol, Durham DH1 3LE, England.
Mariwah, Simon; Abane, Albert, Univ Cape Coast, Dept Geog \& Reg Planning, Cape
Coast, Ghana.
Munthali, Alister; Milner, James, Univ Malawi, Ctr Social Res, Zomba, Malawi.
Robson, Elsbeth, Univ Hull, Dept Geog Environm \& Earth Sci, Kingston Upon Hull,
N Humberside, England.
Owusu, Samuel Asiedu, Univ Cape Coast, Dept Populat \& Hlth, Cape Coast, Ghana.'
author: Hampshire, Kate and Porter, Gina and Mariwah, Simon and Munthali, Alister
and Robson, Elsbeth and Owusu, Samuel Asiedu and Abane, Albert and Milner, James
author-email: K.R.Hampshire@durham.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Hampshire
given: Kate
- family: Porter
given: Gina
- family: Mariwah
given: Simon
- family: Munthali
given: Alister
- family: Robson
given: Elsbeth
- family: Owusu
given: Samuel Asiedu
- family: Abane
given: Albert
- family: Milner
given: James
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/heapol/czw095
eissn: 1460-2237
files: []
issn: 0268-1080
journal: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
keywords: 'Care work; community health-workers; mobile phones; moral economy;
political economy; Sub-Saharan Africa; task shifting'
keywords-plus: 'INCOME COUNTRIES; COMMUNITY; VOLUNTEER; SUPPORT; IMPLEMENTATION; AFRICA;
SUSTAINABILITY; INTERVENTIONS; COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTIONS'
language: English
month: FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '60'
orcid-numbers: 'Owusu, Samuel Asiedu/0000-0002-9249-6036
Mariwah, Simon/0000-0003-0803-9746
Hampshire, Kate/0000-0003-4184-849X'
pages: 34-42
papis_id: 91f0dc6a1ae713c05371c523b4763529
ref: Hampshire2017whobears
researcherid-numbers: 'Owusu, Samuel Asiedu/AIC-6915-2022
Mariwah, Simon/Q-5636-2018
Owusu, Samuel Asiedu/T-8212-2019
'
times-cited: '41'
title: Who bears the cost of `informal mhealth'? Health-workers' mobile phone practices
and associated political-moral economies of care in Ghana and Malawi
2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
type: article
2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
unique-id: WOS:000397104500004
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '32'
web-of-science-categories: Health Care Sciences \& Services; Health Policy \& Services
year: '2017'