Perceptions and knowledge toward mobile-health among the college going students in Coastal South India

Аннотация

Mobile phones serve an important role in public health initiatives through mobile-health (mHealth or eHealth). mHealth helps in overcoming resource limitations on supply side of health care as well as structural barriers and behavioral limitations on the demand side.[2] Various mHealth projects are carried out in developed, and developing countries focusing mainly on Human Immunodefi ciency Virus (HIV), malaria and mother, and child health that includes text messages primarily to run awareness raising and communication campaigns.[3] Other initiatives include “mHealth for tobacco control” — A World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco-free initiative that works with government, public, and private sectors to help countries advance their tobacco control work,[3] “mCARE for maternal, neonatal and postpartum care” — A pilot project in Bangladesh aimed at improving maternal and neonatal care utilizing mobile phones and database technologies.