使用移动卫生技术在非洲发现结核病和其他传染病病例:系统性审查
Don Lawrence Mudzengi1,2, Herbert Chomutare3, Jeniffer Nagudi1
1The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa.
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
|August 26, 2024
概括
移动健康 (mHealth) 技术对传染病接触者追踪有希望,但需要更好的开发和评估. 将严格的研究方法纳入大规模计划是有效公共卫生结果的关键.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康数字健康
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
背景情况:
- 移动健康 (mHealth) 技术越来越多地用于传染病管理,包括追踪接触者和寻找埃博拉,结核病,COVID-19和HIV等疾病的病例.
- 移动医疗发展,实施和评估的变化会导致其对公共卫生影响的不确定性.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查传染病接触追踪的mHealth技术的开发,实施和评估.
- 了解mHealth如何增强接触者追踪和改善公共卫生结果.
主要方法:
- 从非洲 (1990-2023) 对结核病,埃博拉病毒,艾滋病毒和COVID-19的研究进行系统审查.
- 在PubMed,Scopus,Web of Science和Google Scholar中进行的搜索,遵循PRISMA指南.
主要成果:
- 在11,943篇文章中,只有19篇符合纳入标准,这表明mHealth在传染病接触追踪方面存在差距.
- 技术多样化 (移动数据收集,GIS,通信系统),重点是埃博拉和结核病.
- 程序式的mHealth技术得到了良好的资金和规模,但缺乏严格的评估,而基于研究的技术得到了强有力的评估,但规模和资金有限.
结论:
- 需要有组织的开发方法和对移动健康技术的全面评估.
- 在大规模的计划性部署和确认有效性所需的强有力的评估之间仍然存在差距.
- 未来的研究应该从设计阶段就将严格的评估方法整合到大规模的程序框架中,以确保技术可行性和公共卫生影响.
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