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mHealth for sexual and

reproductive health on-line training course

(mHealth4SRH) 4 March to 22 April 2013

http://www.gfmer.ch/mhealth/course-2013.htm

Deborah Kioy

HELINA 2013

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Background to the training course

Why training on mHealth

for sexual and reproductive health?

-mHealth offers solutions to overcome barriers

to universal access to reproductive health

-almost no training opportunities on mHealth

exist outside of United States

-- mHealth is growing rapidly everywhere,

-number of mobile phones increasing rapidly especially in LMIC

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Why online training?

• To give opportunity for participants

• to continue with their regular activities

• to reduce cost

• limit greenhouse emissions

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Objectives

1. To describe why and how mHealth is revolutionizing

health care in general

2. To provide examples of successful mHealth

approaches for sexual and reproductive health those

providing solutions for community members and those

empowering health workers and those where mobile

devices are used for data collection and transfer.

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Objectives (cont.)

3. To explore the research needs relating to mHealth

for sexual and reproductive health and how to

respond to these needs.

4. To provide a framework for planning for a mHealth

initiative on sexual and reproductive health.

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Training activities

• Seven training modules – five mandatory, two optional

• 19 recorded online lectures

• 19 guest experts,

• 10 live question and answer sessions – recorded for the benefit of those who were not able to

participate,

• resource documents and videos

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Training activities (cont):

• Five online discussion forums

Five Quizzes

• One assignment on inventory

• analysis of mHealth for sexual and reproductive

health projects

• One assignment on future plans in mHealth

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Module 1:

Introduction

• what is mHealth

• why mHealth is important

• growth trends in mHealth

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Module 2:

Policies, strategies and standards for mHealth

• Processes for initiating and development of policies and

strategies

• Governments responsibilities

• Roles of WHO and partners

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Module 3:

Overview of successful

projects and programmes of

mHealth for SRH

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Module 4:

Monitoring and evaluating mHealth for SRH

projects and programmes

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Module 5:

Planning for new mHealth for SRH initiatives

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Module 6:

Evaluation of the course & Way forward

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Module 7 (optional):

Psychosocial aspects of mHealth and

Fostering Change

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Module 8 (optional):

Essential surgical care for Obstetrics,

facilitated by mHealth approaches

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Some statistics on

mHealth 4SRH on-line course

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Country Number of

Participants

Country Number of

Participants

Ethiopia 14 D. R. Congo 1

Sudan 9 Egypt 1

USA 9 Finland 1

Nigeria 6 Haiti 1

Uganda 5 Iran 1

Kenya 3 Italy 1

Nepal 3 Malawi 1

Afghanistan 2 Mozambique 1

India 2 Netherlands 1

Swaziland 2 Peru 1

UK 2 South Africa 1

Bahamas 1 Thailand 1

Benin 1 Vietnam 1

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Yemen 1

Total

participants 74

Distribution of Registered

Participants by Country

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Countries with more than 1 participant

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Distribution of Faculty Members

USA

38%

Switzerland

26%

Netherlands

16%

Benin

5%

Singapore

5%

UK

5%

India

5%

USA

Switzerland

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Faculty Members/Facilitators

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Participation as of Monday 22/4/13

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Session recordings

Discussion forum

Quiz

Participation by activity & module:

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Some examples of

student evaluations

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QUIZ 1 (12 questions)

All answers correct

9%

1 wrong answer

26%

2 wrong answers

24%

More than 2 wrong

answers

41%

All answers correct

1 wrong answer

2 wrong answers

More than 2 wrong answers

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QUIZ 4 (10 questions)

All answers

correct

52%1 wrong answer

25%

2 wrong answers

17%

More than 2

wrong answers

6%

All answers correct

1 wrong answer

2 wrong answers

More than 2 wrong answers

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Country N of projects inventoried N of projects analyzed

Gambia 1 1

Ghana 5 1

India 3 3

Kenya 3 3

Malawi 4 4

Nepal 2 2

Nigeria 18 4

Sudan 1 1 1

Swaziland 1 1

Tanzania/ Zanzibar 1 1

Uganda 1 1 1

Uganda 2 1 1

Uganda 3 2 2

Uganda 4 1 1

USA 1 1

Vietnam 1 1

Zambia 1 1

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Assignment 1:

Countries and projects inventoried and analyzed

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Assignment 1:

Countries and projects inventoried and analyzed

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Some examples of

student plans after the course: - phone messages for mothers and husbands to encourage

family planning utilization - Sudan

- Improving Follow-up of Mother-Infant Pairs

using SMS Mobile Technology - Malawi

- SMS to support and inform people who

have just tested for HIV- South Africa

- Reaching the youth with SRH information

via mobile phones - Vietnam

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36 participants successfully

completed the course

Congratulations!!!

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Next mHealth4SRH on-line

course

February-March 2014