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Title:
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OPPORTUNITY OR CHALLENGE? WHEN DESIGNING MHEALTH APPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATION: A CASE STUDY ON MIGRANT WORKERS IN CHINA |
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Author(s):
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Shijuan Li, Lingmiao Yao, Zhixing Liu, Tianyuan Liu |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-57-9 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2016 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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mHealth, Migrant workers, Mobile applications, Underserved population |
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Type:
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Reflection Paper |
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First Page:
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303 |
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Last Page:
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306 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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This study particularly examines if mHealth applications can contribute to providing more opportunity for the underserved population, i.e. migrant workers, to access to improved healthcare. A qualitative study was conducted to examine the migrant workers attitude, behavior and habit towards mHealth applications, which involves the users in the early stages of designing of a health behavior change system. The findings from the interviews include: the migrant workers are familiar with smart phones though they are lack of health information literacy; they seek health information mainly from mass medias, such as TV, news etc.; they tend to accept health information passively, i.e. via information pushing, and believe in it immediately without any verification. Then a mobile application was prototyped to examine the feasibility to satisfy the migrant workers needs and habit. |
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