Analysis of information and communication needs in rural primary health care in developing countries.

Analysis of information and communication needs in rural primary health care in developing countries.

This article presents three studies dealing with information and communication needs in rural primary health care from Peru and Nicaragua. Results show that primary health-care systems in rural areas of developing countries are very inefficient. Among the main reasons we found factors related to com...

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Argitaratua izan da:IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 9, 1 (2005).
Egile nagusia: Martinez, A.
Formatua: Artikulua
Hizkuntza:English
Gaiak:
Nicaragua.
Peru.
Civil society.
Communication infrastructure.
Continuous training.
Developing countries.
Health professional.
Health-care systems.
Information needs.
Information sharing.
Multilateral institutions.
National public administrations.
Rural primary health care.
Rural telemedicine.
Telemedicine system.