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Can the ubiquitous power of mobile phones be used to improve health outcomes in developing countries?

Overview of attention for article published in Globalization and Health, May 2006
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)

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Title
Can the ubiquitous power of mobile phones be used to improve health outcomes in developing countries?
Published in
Globalization and Health, May 2006
DOI 10.1186/1744-8603-2-9
Pubmed ID
Authors

Warren A Kaplan

Abstract

The ongoing policy debate about the value of communications technology in promoting development objectives is diverse. Some view computer/web/phone communications technology as insufficient to solve development problems while others view communications technology as assisting all sections of the population. This paper looks at evidence to support or refute the idea that fixed and mobile telephones is, or could be, an effective healthcare intervention in developing countries.

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 16 2%
United Kingdom 8 1%
South Africa 7 <1%
Canada 4 <1%
New Zealand 4 <1%
Switzerland 4 <1%
Indonesia 3 <1%
Pakistan 2 <1%
Netherlands 2 <1%
Other 16 2%
Unknown 661 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 165 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 118 16%
Researcher 112 15%
Student > Bachelor 66 9%
Student > Postgraduate 55 8%
Other 146 20%
Unknown 65 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 173 24%
Computer Science 113 16%
Social Sciences 108 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 38 5%
Engineering 35 5%
Other 172 24%
Unknown 88 12%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2018.
All research outputs
#1,726,736
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Globalization and Health
#282
of 1,226 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,056
of 86,000 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Globalization and Health
#1
of 3 outputs
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