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  • Health Informatics
  • Global Health
  • Technology Adoption

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  • Developing countries face significant healthcare access barriers, including infrastructural deficits and workforce shortages.
  • Mobile health (mHealth) presents a promising avenue to mitigate these challenges and improve healthcare delivery.
  • Understanding stakeholder roles is crucial for effective mHealth implementation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze existing research on mHealth delivery in developing countries from a stakeholder perspective.
  • To identify gaps in research concerning stakeholder interactions within mHealth initiatives.
  • To focus on four key stakeholder groups: healthcare workers, patients, system developers, and facilitators.

Main Methods:

  • A systematic review of 108 peer-reviewed articles was conducted.
  • Analysis focused on the extent of research into different stakeholder interactions.
  • High-level themes emerging from these interactions were identified.

Main Results:

  • Interactions involving healthcare workers and patients are well-researched.
  • Patient-to-patient interactions within mHealth contexts are significantly under-represented in current literature.
  • Interactions between system developers and other stakeholders are also strikingly under-represented.

Conclusions:

  • Current mHealth research predominantly focuses on healthcare worker-patient dynamics.
  • There is a critical need for further investigation into patient-to-patient communication and system developer engagement in mHealth.
  • Addressing these research gaps is essential for optimizing mHealth strategies in developing countries.