Abstract
Community health work is a unique domain as it often involves indigenous to the community health workers who may or may not have standard medical training and varying levels of technology resources at their disposal. Community health is most often deployed in areas where access to standard health care is in some way restricted either by physical location or socio-cultural barriers. There is renewed interest in app-based and mobile health (M-health) tools for community health workers due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical community grappled with better ways to both train community health workers and leverage community health networks for more accurate disease surveillance. Specialized apps/m-health solutions were launched to address these needs. The session will: Compare and contrast community health worker and m-health service models in low, middle, and high-income countries; Discuss M-health efficacy and implementation models within the community health domain; Describe key opportunities and challenges for community health workers and m-health in infectious and chronic disease monitoring.
Presenters
Niya WertsGraduate Program Director MS Health Science, Graduate School, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Health Promotion and Education
KEYWORDS
M-health, Community Health, Public Health, Infectious disease, Chronic disease
