Tag: healthcare

Community health apps are used by workers to advance a broad range of health aims throughout the globe, particularly maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, and sexual and reproductive health. Most commonly, community health workers use mobile technology to collect field-based health data, receive alerts and reminders, facilitate health education sessions, and conduct person-to-person communication.

Creating awareness was only the first stage. The mobile app also included several clever features to ensure knowledge was turned into action. By entering their email address, users would receive a letter to print out and take to their GP. Their contact details were also added to the Diabetes Queensland database for ongoing follow-up.