Mobile health technology-enabled community health workers as pesticide interventionists in rural Suriname
In. Caribbean Public Health Agency. Caribbean Public Health Agency: 60th Annual Scientific Meeting. Kingston, The University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences, 2015. p.[1-75]. (West Indian Medical Journal Supplement).
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To bolster access for vulnerable communities to urgent pesticide-related health information and services using a mobile health technology-enabled community health worker (CHW) strategy. DESIGN ANDMETHODS:
The project was designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of mobile health technologyenabled CHWs in promoting safe pesticide use in pesticide-induced suicide-prone communities in Suriname. The team focused on three interconnected components message mapping, validation, and delivery testing. The text messages were tested to assess content, literacy, and the ability to solicit a recipient response to determine the effectiveness of mobile technology as a health intervention tool.RESULTS:
Thirty-nine text messages addressed the following key themes pesticide miss/overuse, pesticide accessibility contributing to its use as an attempted or successful suicide strategy, and pesticide handling and disposal. For each of these themes, at least three messages were developed. Most text messages emphasized safe pesticide handling as the root cause of both misuse and access. (The pesticide awareness and education campaign will be expanded country-wide.)CONCLUSION:
The mobile health technology- enabled CHWs functioning as pesticide interventionists demonstrated that bidirectional text messaging was a promising awareness and education intervention strategy. Focusing on safe handling was a reasonable target for intervention in the absence of a comprehensive national pesticide policy governing import, distribution, access, handling, and disposal. Of note is that none of the messages to date directly focused on suicide, confirming the strategy to address suicide prevention as a holistic public health issue under a safe pesticide use umbrella rather than as an isolated, stigma-provoking problem.
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Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Agenda de Saúde Sustentável para as Américas
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ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
Problema de saúde:
Objetivo 5 Medicamentos, vacinas e tecnologias sanitárias
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Meta 3.8 Atingir a cobertura universal de saúde
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Suicídio
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Uso de Praguicidas
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Agentes Comunitários de Saúde
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Serviços de Saúde Comunitária
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Caribe Inglês
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Suriname
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian Medical Journal Supplement
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Monografia