Silvia Shen, Maria K Sobczyk, Lavinia Paternoster, Sara J Brown
From GWASs toward Mechanistic Understanding with Case Studies in Dermatogenetics
The Journal of investigative dermatology
evidencebased mobile health mhealth interventions successful array physical mental health conditions children developmental disorders dd often secondary speech language disorders lack highquality medical educational services low middleincome countries limits opportunities children dd succeed life south africa currently offers limited access education social health services twelve caregivers twelve children dd ages 3 6 years already received monthly early childhood therapy participated study mhealth app called nnalewena setswana phrase meaning designed developed installed tested tablets app provided systematic framework guidance caregivers order use evidencebased communication interaction strategies children twelveweek period app could used offline provided audio instructions english setswana two dominant languages south africa app automatically generated log files collected answers weekly surveys end study caregivers asked evaluate app using relevant portions mobile app rating scale mars caregivers able successfully interact use app app wellreceived liked caregivers caregivers listened instructional audios english setswana 12week period able provide communication opportunities children daily living activities especially play mealtime activities nnalewena app successfully deployed used caregivers children dd mhealth solutions effective relatively affordable solutions enhance health care educational delivery different settings including lowand middleincome countries limited internet capabilities