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mHealth for Reproductive Health
Global Guidance Tools
USAID/ K4Health/ JHU/ FHI 360
How did we get here? 1) Mobile Phones!
How did we get here?2) mHealth Projects!
How did we get here?3) Help please!
Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.- Stephen Sondheim
Timeline: Fall 2011, See the NeedSpring 2012, Obtain Support
Background research
Desk review1. Peer-reviewed publications2. White and grey literature3. January 2010-February 2013
Expert interviews
• June-August 2012• 20 individuals with 15 organizations
– Turned to the mHealth WG to identify experts
• Covered:– Opportunities/challenges in
implementing mHealth projects– Asked about evaluation– Discussed scale-up and
sustainability– Provided thoughts on mHealth
future
ABT AssociatesIntraHealth
Medic MobileCatholic Relief Services
IRH/Georgetown Save the Children
DimagiJHPIEGO
USAIDFHI 360
JSI Univ of California
ISISMSH
World Bank
Suggested 5 key areas for guidance
1. Planning and design2. Technological considerations3. Scale-up4. Sustainability5. Evaluation
Tool 1: HIP Brief
• mHealth: A Tool to Strengthen Family Planning Programs
• Audience: USAID staff• Drafted in Fall 2012, circulated at USAID Africa
Bureau meeting in Tanzania in November 2012• Presented at NIH mHealth Summit in December
2012, as part of mHealth WG Deep Dive• “Approved” in June 2012
Tool 2: eLearning Course
• mHealth Basics: Introduction to Mobile Technology for Health
• Audience: Global health professionals with limited experience in mHealth
Tool 3: On-line implementation guide
• How to Integrate Mobile Technology into Health Programming: An mHealth Planning and Implementation Guide
• Audience: Global health professionals with some mHealth experience
• Collection of key resources• Version 1 with anticipation of Version 2
Challenges in mHealth guidance development
• Many uses of mHealth, and how to categorize tools• Limited evidence, and how to capture the conversation• Guidance, and innovation• Moving Target• Audience• Tone
TreatmentSupport
THANK YOU TO ALL