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| Title |
A cross-sectional pilot study assessing needs and attitudes to implementation of Information and Communication Technology for rational use of medicines among healthcare staff in rural Tanzania
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6947-14-78 |
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| Authors |
Jessica Nilseng, Lars L Gustafsson, Amos Nungu, Pia Bastholm-Rahmner, Dennis Mazali, Björn Pehrson, Jaran Eriksen |
| Abstract |
In resource-poor countries access to essential medicines, suboptimal prescribing and use of medicines are major problems. Health workers lack updated medical information and treatment support. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) could help tackle this. The impact of ICT on health systems in resource-poor countries is likely to be significant and transform the practice of medicine just as in high-income countries. However, research for finding the best way of doing this is needed. We aimed to assess current approaches to and use of ICT among health workers in two rural districts of Tanzania in relation to the current drug distribution practices, drug stock and continuing medical information (CME), as well as assessing the feasibility of using ICT to improve ordering and use of medicines. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 176 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2 | 1% |
| Zambia | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 172 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 37 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 14% |
| Researcher | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 34 | 19% |
| Unknown | 41 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 22 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 11% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 12 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 46 | 26% |
| Unknown | 45 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 07 July 2020.
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#6,273,105
of 22,761,738 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
#586
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#61,282
of 236,468 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
#9
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,984 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 69% of its peers.
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