Mobile phone use in chronic diseases education and awareness in rural Kenya

dc.contributor.advisorNjenga, James Kariuki
dc.contributor.authorKhoda, Anuradha
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-07T08:53:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T09:06:31Z
dc.date.available2022-02-07T08:53:31Z
dc.date.available2024-05-03T09:06:31Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study set out to develop an integrated model that could explain the sustainable adoption of mHealth, among the rural populations. With a penetration level of 130%, the ubiquitous mobile phone infrastructure was conducive to implementing mHealth even in the remote and rural regions of Kenya, which otherwise grapple with inequality and inequity of the healthcare system and a rising chronic diseases burden. Whereas mHealth could provide a suitable low-cost solution to disseminate targeted education to the grass-root masses in a short time, its uptake was reported to be low and short- lived. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to evaluate the factors that could explain the low levels of mHealth adoption for education on chronic diseases in the rural settings of the country. From a theoretical perspective, a combination of four social behaviour change theories, three technology adoption models, and two health behaviour change models guided the development of the theoretical framework. Seven factors were subsequently tested: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, social influence, age, and language literacy, all of which measured mobile phone use for health literacy. Thirteen hypotheses were formulated from these factors.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/12728
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectHealth Literacyen_US
dc.subjectChronic diseasesen_US
dc.subjectAgeen_US
dc.subjectAdoptionen_US
dc.titleMobile phone use in chronic diseases education and awareness in rural Kenyaen_US

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