Computer-based multimedia technologies can be used to tailor health messages, but promotoras (Spanish-speaking community health workers) rarely use these tools. Promotoras delivered health messages about colorectal cancer screening to medically underserved Latinos in South Texas using two small media formats: a "low-tech" format (flipchart and video) and a "high-tech" format … [Read more...] about When promotoras and technology meet: a qualitative analysis of promotoras’ use of small media to increase cancer screening among South Texas Latinos
Job aids
Performance factors of mobile rich media job aids for community health workers.
In developing countries, where the density of trained physicians and nurses is low, community health workers (CHWs) are typically the primary and sometimes sole providers of healthcare to millions. However, studies have shown that even well motivated CHWs using paper-based job aids demonstrate less-than-desirable rates of treatment and diagnosis errors, and … [Read more...] about Performance factors of mobile rich media job aids for community health workers.
