Gender differentials in readiness and use of mHealth services in a rural area of Bangladesh.
Gender differentials in readiness and use of mHealth services in a rural area of Bangladesh.
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DOI：
10.1186/s12913-017-2523-6
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发表时间：
2017-08-18
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Bhuiya A
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作者：
Khatun F;Heywood AE;Hanifi SMA;Rahman MS;Ray PK;Liaw ST;Bhuiya A
传统的性别角色导致妇女在使用现代技术方面落后于男子，在发展中国家尤其如此。尽管孟加拉国的移动电话使用迅速普及，但对总体上移动电话的拥有、获取和使用方面的性别差异，特别是移动保健方面的性别差异的调查一直有限。本文介绍了孟加拉国农村地区在移动电话拥有量和可用移动健康服务知识方面的性别差异。我们随机访问了4915名年龄在18岁及以上的受访者。通过多变量Logistic回归分析，控制分类协变量的影响，检验性别与可用移动健康服务知识、现有移动健康服务的使用情况和未来使用移动健康服务的意向之间的关系。在4915名受访者中，61.8%的男性(1213/1964)和34.4%的女性(1015/2951)拥有手机。男性的手机拥有率在18-29岁的人群中最高(n=663，76.3%)，女性的手机拥有率在30-39岁的人群中最高(n=825，44.7%)。与女性相比，男性拥有手机的比例更高，无论资产指数(P&L；0.001)显示的社会经济地位(SES)。尽管女性的平均手机拥有率较低，但她们与家人共用手机的比例(19.7%)高于男性(11.6%，P<；0.001)。与女性相比，更多的男性更有可能知道在医疗保健中使用手机(38.5%比26.5%，P<；0.001)。女性对可用的移动健康服务的了解低于男性；然而，无论年龄、教育程度和社会经济地位如何，未来使用移动健康服务的意向对两性都很高。与男性相比，女性拥有手机的可能性较小，对可用的mHealth服务的了解也较少，尽管男女都有很高的使用mHealth的意愿。为了优化mHealth服务的使用并实现公平使用，接纳战略应以妇女为目标，重点放在较贫穷和受教育程度较低的群体。本文的在线版本(doi：10.1186/s12913-0172523-6)包含补充材料，授权用户可以使用。
Traditional gender roles result in women lagging behind men in the use of modern technologies, especially in developing countries. Although there is rapid uptake of mobile phone use in Bangladesh, investigation of gender differences in the ownership, access and use of mobile phones in general and mHealth in particular has been limited. This paper presents gender differentials in the ownership of mobile phones and knowledge of available mHealth services in a rural area of Bangladesh. We interviewed 4915 randomly selected respondents aged 18 years and above. Associations between gender and knowledge of available mHealth services, use of existing mHealth services and intentions to use mHealth services in the future were examined by multivariate logistic regression analysis, controlling for the effect of categorised covariates. Of the 4915 respondents to the survey, 61.8% of men (1213/1964) and 34.4% of women (1015/2951) owned a mobile phone. For men, mobile phone ownership was highest among those aged 18–29 years (n = 663, 76.3%), and for women among those aged 30–39 years (n = 825, 44.7%). A higher proportion of men owned phones compared to women, irrespective of socioeconomic status (SES) as indicated by asset index (p < 0.001). Although mobile phone ownership on average was lower among women, they were more likely to share their mobile phone with their family members (19.7%) compared to men (11.6%, p < 0.001). Greater number of men were more likely to be aware of the use of mobile phones for healthcare compared to women (38.5% vs 26.5%, p < 0.001). Knowledge about available mHealth services was lower among women than men; however, intention to use mHealth services in the future was high for both genders, irrespective of age, education and socioeconomic status. Compared to men, women are less likely to own a mobile phone and less aware of available mHealth services, despite high intention to use mHealth among both genders. To optimise the use of mHealth services and to achieve equity of use, uptake strategies should target women, with a focus on the poorer and less educated groups. The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2523-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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2.7
作者：
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DOI：
10.1186/s13012-016-0426-2
发表时间：
2016-05-18
期刊：
Implementation science : IS
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