Mobile Health for Mental Health in West Africa: The Case for Ghana
Mobile Health for Mental Health in West Africa: The Case for Ghana
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DOI：
10.1176/appi.ps.201700555
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发表时间：
2018-07-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Ben-Zeev, Dror
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作者：
Ben-Zeev, Dror
撒哈拉以南国家加纳虽然在精神保健方面欠发达，但在电信方面却很先进。在这种情况下，创新的移动的保健方法可能有助于克服基础设施有限的问题（缺乏诊所、训练有素的专业人员和固定电话），并解决未得到满足的重大公共心理健康需求。《心理健康技术》编辑报告了前往加纳评估移动健康在该地区心理健康倡议的可行性的情况。他发现，来自所有部门的利益相关者（患者，提供者，政府官员以及传统和信仰治疗师）都愿意探索移动医疗方法是否可以促进更人道的护理，减少侵犯人权行为，并改善有需要的人的临床结果。使用音频和视频内容来克服与有限识字相关的障碍的移动卫生战略可能是最合适的。为了取得成功，任何移动健康模式都必须在文化和背景上进行调整，以适应加纳用户的需求，信仰和能力。
Although underdeveloped in mental health care, the subSaharan country of Ghana is advanced in telecommunications. In this context, innovative mobile health (mHealth) approaches may help to overcome limited infrastructure (lack of clinics, trained professionals, and landlines) and to address significant unmet public mental health needs. The Technology in Mental Health editor reports on travels to Ghana to assess the viability of mHealth for mental health initiatives in the region. He found that stakeholders from all sectors (patients, providers, government officials, and traditional and faith healers) were open to exploring whether mHealth approaches could promote more humane care, reduce human rights violations, and improve the clinical outcomes of those in need. mHealth strategies that use audio and video content to overcome barriers associated with limited literacy may be most suitable. To succeed, any mHealth model must be culturally and contextually adapted to fit the needs, beliefs, and capacities of Ghanaian users.