mHealth for Reproductive Health

Global Guidance Tools

USAID/ K4Health/ JHU/ FHI 360

How did we get here? 1) Mobile Phones!

How did we get here?2) mHealth Projects!

How did we get here?3) Help please!

Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.- Stephen Sondheim

Timeline: Fall 2011, See the NeedSpring 2012, Obtain Support

Background research

Desk review1. Peer-reviewed publications2. White and grey literature3. January 2010-February 2013

Expert interviews

• June-August 2012• 20 individuals with 15 organizations

– Turned to the mHealth WG to identify experts

• Covered:– Opportunities/challenges in

implementing mHealth projects– Asked about evaluation– Discussed scale-up and

sustainability– Provided thoughts on mHealth

future

ABT AssociatesIntraHealth

Medic MobileCatholic Relief Services

IRH/Georgetown Save the Children

DimagiJHPIEGO

USAIDFHI 360

JSI Univ of California

ISISMSH

World Bank

Suggested 5 key areas for guidance

1. Planning and design2. Technological considerations3. Scale-up4. Sustainability5. Evaluation

Tool 1: HIP Brief

• mHealth: A Tool to Strengthen Family Planning Programs

• Audience: USAID staff• Drafted in Fall 2012, circulated at USAID Africa

Bureau meeting in Tanzania in November 2012• Presented at NIH mHealth Summit in December

2012, as part of mHealth WG Deep Dive• “Approved” in June 2012

Tool 2: eLearning Course

• mHealth Basics: Introduction to Mobile Technology for Health

• Audience: Global health professionals with limited experience in mHealth

Tool 3: On-line implementation guide

• How to Integrate Mobile Technology into Health Programming: An mHealth Planning and Implementation Guide

• Audience: Global health professionals with some mHealth experience

• Collection of key resources• Version 1 with anticipation of Version 2

Challenges in mHealth guidance development

• Many uses of mHealth, and how to categorize tools• Limited evidence, and how to capture the conversation• Guidance, and innovation• Moving Target• Audience• Tone

TreatmentSupport

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