在手机上设计和部署来电铃声,以促进非洲疟疾疫苗的接种:技术接受模型(TAM)能帮上忙吗?

IF 2.4 3区 医学 Q3 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Stanley Eneh, Francisca Onukansi, Ogechi Ikhuoria, Temitope Ojo
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疟疾仍然是全球健康面临的重大挑战,每年有数百万病例,死亡率很高,尤其是在低收入国家。非洲承受着沉重的负担,在加纳、坦桑尼亚和肯尼亚等国,五岁以下儿童因疟疾造成的直接损失高达数百万美元。据报告,2021 年有超过 61 万人死于疟疾,其中 96% 发生在撒哈拉以南非洲。尽管已有长效驱虫蚊帐、室内滞留喷洒和间歇性预防治疗等干预措施,但疟疾的再次出现凸显了创新性预防策略的必要性。本研究探讨了利用手机来电铃声提高人们对 RTS,S 疟疾疫苗的认识并促进其使用的可能性。技术接受模型(TAM)为了解用户如何感知和采用新技术提供了一个框架。来电铃声是一种为等待接通的来电者播放音频的手机功能,在亚洲和非洲的健康传播活动中非常有效。可以利用这种方法提高人们对疟疾疫苗的认识,尤其是在疫苗接种犹豫不决和疟疾流行的低收入国家。总之,移动技术大大改善了非洲的医疗服务,促进了偏远地区的沟通、监测和治疗。将来电调谐与疟疾疫苗的健康信息相结合,可以解决疫苗犹豫不决的问题,提高疫苗的接种率。这就需要与电信公司、医疗服务提供者和政策制定者合作,设计出适合不同文化和语言的信息。然而,呼叫调谐服务的成本、对互联网接入的需求以及文化差异是这一方法可能面临的预期挑战。因此,战略伙伴关系和跨部门方法可以缓解这些问题,使来电调谐成为公共卫生传播的可行工具。通过这种创新方法提高人们的认识可以促进 RTS S 疫苗的采用,并支持非洲正在进行的疟疾控制工作。
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Designing and deploying caller tunes on mobile phones to promote malaria vaccine uptake in Africa: can the technology acceptance model (TAM) help?

Malaria remains a significant global health challenge, with millions of cases and high mortality rates annually, especially in low-income countries. Africa bears a substantial burden, with direct costs of malaria among children under five reaching millions of dollars in countries like Ghana, Tanzania, and Kenya. In 2021, over 610,000 malaria-related deaths were reported, 96% of which occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite existing interventions, such as long-lasting insecticidal nets, indoor residual spraying, and intermittent preventive treatment, the re-emergence of malaria underscores the need for innovative preventive strategies. This study explores the potential of utilizing mobile phone caller tunes to raise awareness and promote the uptake of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. The technology acceptance model (TAM) provides a framework for understanding how users perceive and adopt new technologies. Caller tunes, a mobile phone feature that plays audio for callers waiting to be connected, have been effective in health communication campaigns in Asia and Africa. This approach could be leveraged to enhance malaria vaccine awareness, particularly in low-income countries where vaccine hesitancy is prevalent and malaria endemic. Overall, mobile technologies have significantly improved healthcare delivery in Africa, facilitating communication, monitoring, and treatment adherence in remote areas. Integrating caller tunes with health messages about the malaria vaccine could address vaccine hesitancy and improve uptake. This would require collaboration with telecommunication companies, healthcare providers, and policymakers to design culturally and linguistically appropriate messages. However, the cost of caller tune services, the need for internet access, and cultural differences are the expected challenge that may occur in this approach. Therefore, strategic partnerships and intersectoral approaches can mitigate these issues, making caller tunes a viable tool for public health communication. Raising awareness through this innovative method could enhance the adoption of the RTS,S vaccine and support ongoing malaria control efforts in Africa.

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Malaria Journal
Malaria Journal 医学-寄生虫学
CiteScore
5.10
自引率
23.30%
发文量
334
审稿时长
2-4 weeks
期刊介绍: Malaria Journal is aimed at the scientific community interested in malaria in its broadest sense. It is the only journal that publishes exclusively articles on malaria and, as such, it aims to bring together knowledge from the different specialities involved in this very broad discipline, from the bench to the bedside and to the field.
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