Mobile (for) development when digital giants take care of poor women
al Dahdah, Marine
Mobile (for) development when digital giants take care of poor women Marine al Dahdah - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022 - 77 p. 23 cm - Elements in global development studies .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-77)
Introduction; 1. Mobile Health: a 'simply brilliant' innovation; 2. Key concepts and methods for studying mHealth; 3. Global dependencies and North-South inequalities; 4. Datafication, data work and data management of healthcare; 5. Optimisation and performance management of healthcare workers; 6. Intersecting technological inequalities; 7. Conclusion and implications for future research.
Through a multi-sited ethnography on maternal care in Ghana and India, this Element provides a first-hand look at initiatives that promise to improve poor women's health in the Global South through the use of mobile phones; a field known as Mobile Health or mHealth.
9781009202428
Cell phones--Social aspects--Developing countries--Ghana--India
Poor women--Medical care--Technological innovations--Ghana--India
Poor women --Health and hygiene--Developing countries--Ghana--India
Social responsibility of business--Developing countries--Ghana--India
Mobile (for) development when digital giants take care of poor women Marine al Dahdah - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022 - 77 p. 23 cm - Elements in global development studies .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-77)
Introduction; 1. Mobile Health: a 'simply brilliant' innovation; 2. Key concepts and methods for studying mHealth; 3. Global dependencies and North-South inequalities; 4. Datafication, data work and data management of healthcare; 5. Optimisation and performance management of healthcare workers; 6. Intersecting technological inequalities; 7. Conclusion and implications for future research.
Through a multi-sited ethnography on maternal care in Ghana and India, this Element provides a first-hand look at initiatives that promise to improve poor women's health in the Global South through the use of mobile phones; a field known as Mobile Health or mHealth.
9781009202428
Cell phones--Social aspects--Developing countries--Ghana--India
Poor women--Medical care--Technological innovations--Ghana--India
Poor women --Health and hygiene--Developing countries--Ghana--India
Social responsibility of business--Developing countries--Ghana--India