192 research outputs found
Midwives' Cell Phone Use and Health Knowledge in Rural Communities
No full textThis study developed and tested a theoretical model that explains the underlying process through which the use of mobile phones can facilitate the capacity of community healthcare workers (CHWs) in developing regions. Based on a study conducted on 223 midwives in rural regions of Indonesia, the results showed that mobile phone use was positively associated with midwives’ access to institutional and peer resources. Access to institutional resources was associated with midwives’ health knowledge. Further, access to peer resources was associated with higher self-efficacy beliefs, which was positively associated with health knowledge. The study provides implications for information and communication technology (ICT) intervention strategies targeted to community health workers in rural communities.Accepted versio
Critical Perspectives on Open Development
Get PDFCross-cutting theoretical frameworks and analyses examine how open innovations in international development can empower poor and marginalized populations. Over the last ten years, “open” innovations—the sharing of information and communications resources without access restrictions or cost—have emerged within international development. But do these innovations empower poor and marginalized populations? This book examines whether, for whom, and under what circumstances the free, networked, public sharing of information and communication resources contribute (or not) toward a process of positive social transformation. The contributors offer cross-cutting theoretical frameworks and empirical analyses that cover a broad range of applications, emphasizing the underlying aspects of open innovations that are shared across contexts and domains. The book first outlines theoretical frameworks that span knowledge stewardship, trust, situated learning, identity, participation, and power decentralization. It then investigates these frameworks across a range of institutional and country contexts, considering each in terms of the key emancipatory principles and structural impediments it seeks to address. Taken together, the chapters offer an empirically tested theoretical direction for the field. Contributors Juan Pablo Alperin, Caitlin M. Bentley, Bidisha Chaudhuri, Nandini Chami, Arul Chib, Purnabha Dasgupta, Andy Dearden, Melissa Densmore, Helani Galpaya, Piyumi Gamage, Anita Gurumurthy, Onkar Hoysala, Linus Kendall, Rich Ling, Goodiel Moshi, Chiranthi Rajapakse, Katherine Reilly, Paul Mungai, Priya Parekh, Chiranthi Rajapakse, Anuradha Rao, Katherine Reilly, David Sadoway, Deo Shao, Parminder Jeet Singh, Matthew L. Smith, Janaki Srinivasan, Bernd Carsten Stahl, Satyarupa Shekhar Swain, John Traxler, Jean-Paul Van Belle, Marion Walton, Yingqin Zhen
Corrigendum: How do smart device apps for diabetes self-management correspond with theoretical indicators of empowerment? an analysis of app features: (International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2019) 35 (150-159) DOI: 10.1017/S0266462319000163)
Get PDFIn the article by Brew-Sam and Chib the incorrect author information was provided for reference #84 in the original published article. The correct reference is as follows: Debussche X, Besançon S, Balcou-Debussche M, Ferdynus C, Delisle H, Huiart L, Sidibe AT (2018) Structured peer-led diabetes self-management and support in a low-income country: The st2ep randomised controlled trial in Mali. PLoS ONE 13, e0191262. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191262 The authors apologize for the error
Critical Perspectives on Open Development
No full textCross-cutting theoretical frameworks and analyses examine how open innovations in international development can empower poor and marginalized populations. Over the last ten years, “open” innovations—the sharing of information and communications resources without access restrictions or cost—have emerged within international development. But do these innovations empower poor and marginalized populations? This book examines whether, for whom, and under what circumstances the free, networked, public sharing of information and communication resources contribute (or not) toward a process of positive social transformation. The contributors offer cross-cutting theoretical frameworks and empirical analyses that cover a broad range of applications, emphasizing the underlying aspects of open innovations that are shared across contexts and domains. The book first outlines theoretical frameworks that span knowledge stewardship, trust, situated learning, identity, participation, and power decentralization. It then investigates these frameworks across a range of institutional and country contexts, considering each in terms of the key emancipatory principles and structural impediments it seeks to address. Taken together, the chapters offer an empirically tested theoretical direction for the field. Contributors Juan Pablo Alperin, Caitlin M. Bentley, Bidisha Chaudhuri, Nandini Chami, Arul Chib, Purnabha Dasgupta, Andy Dearden, Melissa Densmore, Helani Galpaya, Piyumi Gamage, Anita Gurumurthy, Onkar Hoysala, Linus Kendall, Rich Ling, Goodiel Moshi, Chiranthi Rajapakse, Katherine Reilly, Paul Mungai, Priya Parekh, Chiranthi Rajapakse, Anuradha Rao, Katherine Reilly, David Sadoway, Deo Shao, Parminder Jeet Singh, Matthew L. Smith, Janaki Srinivasan, Bernd Carsten Stahl, Satyarupa Shekhar Swain, John Traxler, Jean-Paul Van Belle, Marion Walton, Yingqin Zhen
The role of social media on the self-expression of the LGBTQIA+ community in Uganda
No full textLesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) people in Uganda often encounter human rights violations and injustices from stigma and discrimination. Müller et al. (2021) found that 61.3% of sexual and gender minorities have reported experiencing violence during their lifetimes. Moreover, Uganda’s Anti-homosexual Act (2023) includes provisions that criminalise same-sex activities as unnatural offenses carrying a potential penalty of life imprisonment. Even in countries where homosexuality is not legally criminalised, gender and sexual minorities frequently encounter discrimination and stigma, with Uganda being no exception to this trend. However, there exists a dearth of data concerning the reallife experiences of LGBTQIA+ individuals after the signing of the Bill in Uganda. This study aims to address this gap by contributing to the expanding body of knowledge on gender and sexual minorities in Uganda with a specific focus on exploring the role of social media in the self-expression of the LGBTQIA+ community. The study was interested in how the self-expression of the LGBTQIA+ community changes after the signing of the Anti-homosexuality bill on the 26th March, 2023. The based on qualitative data that was collected from the LGBTQIA+ community who were using social media to express themselves. The study used the mobile non-use theoretical framework to inform the qualitative research design and methodology. The data was collected from ten (10) LGBTQI+ individuals through online interviews. The interview transcripts were analysed to reveal significant the changes in the use of social media by members of the LGBTQI+ communities. The findings unveil the different ways through which social media empowers LGBTQIA+ community in Uganda and in particular their self-expression on social media before the signing of the bill. Three 3 ways including information sharing, coming out and advocacy were identified. In response, the study identified four strategies inductively and they were distancing, deletion, blocking, and departure. These strategies were termed as (Non-) use practices as advanced by Chib et al. (2021). While they proposed 8 strategies that vulnerable could respond to online hostile environment, this study found only four of them to 6 have been adopted by non-binary community in Uganda. These strategies were more absolute as individuals tend to select them in situations where the power imbalances in their relationships to sociostructural enforcers is greater (Chib et al., 2021). Future research can establish a better understanding of how effects actualise by conducting research on family members, government agents, and NGOs
sj-pdf-1-jag-10.1177_07334648211062877 – Supplemental Material for An Integrated mHealth Campaign to Reduce the Risk of Falling for Older Adults
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-jag-10.1177_07334648211062877 for An Integrated mHealth Campaign to Reduce the Risk of Falling for Older Adults by Nicola Brew-Sam, Arul Chib, Arah Ysabelle Fondevilla Torres, Jing Xuan Joshua Ng, Yi Ting Jade Wong, and Yeo Sze-G in Journal of Applied Gerontology</p
Adoption, usage and impact of Family Folder Collector (FFC) on a mobile Android tablet device in rural Thailand.
No full textThe area of mobile healthcare (mHealth) is a growing field in developing countries (Chib, 2010; Chib & Chen, 2011; Vital Wave Consulting & Vodafone Foundation, 2009). There have been studies on how health services is conducted on mobile phones, however there is a gap in current literature in understanding how the use of tablet personal computers (PCs) can affect healthcare provision in developing countries. This paper examines the implementation of a Family Folder Collector (FFC) healthcare application used on the Samsung Galaxy Tab in the province of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The FFC is an Android-based application developed to replace the physical paper folder system of medical data-collection.
Using the Extended Technology-Community-Management (TCM) Model (Lee & Chib, 2008), we examine the impact of the device. 41 qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted over a period of three weeks at healthcare centres and patients’ homes. Respondents included Community Health Workers (CHW) (24), volunteers (3), patients (8) and project administrators (6).
Our research has shown that the tablet PC is sustainable in rural healthcare. Findings revealed that community factors like needs, training, and ownership were crucial in CHW’s usage of the FFC, and contributed greatly to the success of the project. Managerial factors like finance and partners played a bigger role than regulations in its impact on FFC. Socio-cultural vulnerabilities were observed to not exist in this programme. It is shown that even with sustainability; the impact of the initiative is limited and not yet being maximised to its fuller potential.Bachelor of Communication Studie
A critical snapshot of adaptation strategies in response to smart city initiatives: the case of Bucaramanga’s urban planning exclusion
Get PDFThe rise and focus of the urban city in the last century has been exponential and with it, brought many challenges to difficulties to residents. The changing face of urbanity has seen the growth of peripheralization and urban sprawl, which has been felt increasingly stronger in global southern countries. This has seen a growth in the peri-urban areas like the case of veredas in Colombia which are growing puzzles in how to effectively create policy in this vulnerable and excluded space. Through this panorama, the promise of smart city initiatives has grown in relevance in offering better efficiency in provisioning economic and political actions for better social development. This study addresses on how smart city initiatives that aim for better and more efficient inclusion can foster adverse effects. They could accentuate further exclusion of already marginalised areas like peri-urban zones like in the case of the vereda of Alsacia Malabar in Floridablanca Colombia. Specifically, it focuses on how the community exercises their agency and resilience in light of the growing exclusion and mismatched policy in their everyday lives with the use of personal information and communication technologies (ICTs). It tackles the topic by using a qualitative study and a content analysis of sampled policy documents to benchmark the nature of their exclusion, through positionality it takes a look at how their everyday lived experiences in managing the present and adverse difficulties of policy and the dynamics of the community to collectively organize themselves to resist these.
The research showcased three main findings. The first one was the mass difficulty in mobility in the area sprawling into their livelihoods, development, and futures. The stark difference in this area from the urban center under the smart city guide showcased gaps to cover their needs. Secondly, the spread of digital education as a legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic and digitalization campaigns are reinforcing present inequalities and exclusions in the community. This not only force the geographical divide but a dual digital and social mobility divide. Finally, the community have not been salient but has organized itself by harnessing the use of mobile technology to challenge their exclusions in light of the mismatch between the community and the municipality. Through a look at their social, the agency showcased was not always harmonious but competitive and even subversive emphasising present hierarchies and perpetuating new ones based on the technological prowess by members
Digital influences on mobilities trajectories of migrant entrepreneurship
No full textFor migrants, a high level of well-being is often connected with better adaptation to the host society (Gezondheidsraad, 2016; Paloma et al., 2021). Digital platforms- access to and use of technology - has been argued to be intricately linked to socio-economic inclusion (Clayton & Macdonald, 2013; Selwyn, 2004), with implications for migrant assimilation, economic upliftment, and social integration (AbuJarour et al., 2019; Alam & lmran, 2015). The enabling of migrant entrepreneurship by digital means has to be seen as a social process as much asan economic process, since digital technologies may not solve the deeper aspects of integration (Massmann, 2018). More recent studies have looked at how migrants in Utrecht and Houten have used digital platforms and mobile connectivity to 'navigate in' and 'negotiate beyond uncertainty', enabling collective digital action (Miellet, 2021).Results of digital platforms use impact on migrant life satisfaction and entrepreneurship are however mixed (Hoffmann et al., 2022; Jun et al., 2021). Prior research found inadequacies in the digital engagement of co-ethnic immigrant workers, such that they were still bound by restrictive on line spaces and issues of alienation that marked their lives in the digitally enabled smart city (Chib & Aricat, 2017). The potential reinforcement or even creation of social divisions through digital platforms adoption and usage, influences potentialdynamics of socio-economic inclusion and exclusion (Foster, 2017).Our research objective was therefore to understand how migrant groups engage in specific digital behaviors, to enhance economic engagement and improve well-being (Chib & Nguyen, 2018). We explore whether there are differential effects from the varied communicative behaviors of consumption, contribution, entrepreneurship, and collaboration (Chen, Ahmed, & Chib, 2021). Our study aims to offer a nuanced understanding of the complex relationships on digital platforms that can influence economic engagement and attitudes of migrants.The current study conducted in-depth interviews with 20 South Asian immigrantentrepreneur communities based in the Haagse Market, The Hague in terms of their encounters and experiences on digital media (online, mobile, social) and economic engagements. In addition, we engaged in ethnographic techniques to understand the deeper nuances through participatory observation and informal conversations. The interviews transcribed and translated into English for data analysis. We found that the covid-19 experience (complete lockdown) with increasing online consumption of products by younger customers encouraged respondents to experiment and engage with hybrid digital nosiness models. They began selling products through digital platforms such as social media, web shops, and employing digital influencers in addition to their traditional modes in the market. Nonetheless, their income dependency and livelihood survival still predominantly depend upon their physical shops. The lack of knowledge and skills about preparing an online business model for entrepreneurship discouraged participants from investing resources in digital platforms for growing their businesses. While we find that this feature more prominently amongst those established and elder generational entrepreneurs, we also find that trust in investing on digital platforms restricted even the younger generation of entrepreneurs from making the transition from physically focusedentrepreneurship to hybrid online business enterprises. The new mobilities paradigm (Sheller, 2014) argues for a return to a sociology of mobilities, focusing on issues of mobility justice, examining systems that allow movement for some but mean stasis (immobilities) for others. Learning from needs and suggestions f the participants, this study recommends tailor-made training programs from the concerned state welfare, business, and municipality departments that specifically offers trainings, on digital entrepreneurship, to the South Asian immigrant entrepreneur communities in the Netherlands
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