Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Information Systems)

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    Determinants for the acceptance and use of mobile health applications: Diabetic patients in the Western Cape, South Africa
    (University of Western Cape, 2019) Petersen, Fazlyn; Pather, Shaun; Tucker, William D.
    The increased pervasiveness of information communication and technology and increasing internet access creates anticipation for how contemporary technologies can address critical developmental problems. Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death globally, even though more than 40% of the deaths are premature and avoidable. Diabetes is such a disease that causes 80% of non-communicable disease deaths in low and middle-income countries. Diabetes is also the leading cause of death in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Diabetes thus constitutes a challenge to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 that focuses on health and well-being for all people, at all ages. The potential of technology, such as the use of m-health applications, is recognised as a means to advance the Sustainable Development Goals through supporting health systems in all countries.
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    Determinants for the acceptance and use of mobile health applications: Diabetic patients in the Western Cape, South Africa
    (University of Western Cape, 2019) Petersen, Fazlyn; Pather, Shaun; Tucker, William D.
    The increased pervasiveness of information communication and technology and increasing internet access creates anticipation for how contemporary technologies can address critical developmental problems. Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death globally, even though more than 40% of the deaths are premature and avoidable. Diabetes is such a disease that causes 80% of non-communicable disease deaths in low and middle-income countries. Diabetes is also the leading cause of death in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Diabetes thus constitutes a challenge to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 that focuses on health and well-being for all people, at all ages. The potential of technology, such as the use of m-health applications, is recognised as a means to advance the Sustainable Development Goals through supporting health systems in all countries.
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    A framework for developing citizen-centric e-government applications in developing countries: The design-reality gap in Uganda
    (University of Western Cape, 2020) kyakulumbyE, Stephen; Pather, Shaun; Jantjies, Mmaki
    E-government should be at the heart of service delivery in developing countries if the life of citizens, especially the socially and economically marginalised, is to be improved. Often in developing contexts, citizens have been treated as recipients of such interventions, in a top-down approach from central governments, resulting in the non-use of such interventions. A situation of non-use of e-services results in wastage of the public fiscus. The extant literature points to a number of underlying causes of the problem. One such problem is the “Design-Reality Gap."
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    A framework for developing citizen-centric e-government applications in developing countries: The design-reality gap in Uganda
    (University of Western Cape, 2020) kyakulumbyE, Stephen; Pather, Shaun; Jantjies, Mmaki
    E-government should be at the heart of service delivery in developing countries if the life of citizens, especially the socially and economically marginalised, is to be improved. Often in developing contexts, citizens have been treated as recipients of such interventions, in a top-down approach from central governments, resulting in the non-use of such interventions. A situation of non-use of e-services results in wastage of the public fiscus. The extant literature points to a number of underlying causes of the problem. One such problem is the “Design-Reality Gap."