https://www.capacityplus.org/taxonomy/term/601/all en https://www.capacityplus.org/mpossible-health-workers-can-get-training-anytime-anywhere-with-interactive-voice-response <p><em>This <a href="https://www.k4health.org/blog/post/mpossible-health-workers-can-get-training-anytime-anywhere-interactive-voice-response">post</a> originally appeared on the <a href="https://www.k4health.org/blog">K4Health blog</a>.</em><br /><br />Advances in mobile health—or mHealth—have expanded the realm of possibility for remote education, diagnostic and treatment support, communication and training, disease tracking, monitoring, and data collection. Every day, mHealth grows to include more sophisticated applications for high-tech smartphones and tablets. But what about health workers—specifically those in rural areas who don’t have access to the latest technology?<br /><br />To learn more about mLearning (or mobile learning) for health workers, IntraHealth International, through the <a href="http://www.capacityplus.org/">Capacity<em>Plus</em></a> project, piloted an innovative program to provide refresher training to family planning service providers in Senegal using interactive voice response (IVR) technologies on basic mobile phones.</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authoring-information"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&#039;s name:&nbsp;</div> Amanda Puckett </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-publication-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">September 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="https://www.capacityplus.org/mpossible-health-workers-can-get-training-anytime-anywhere-with-interactive-voice-response" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://www.capacityplus.org/mpossible-health-workers-can-get-training-anytime-anywhere-with-interactive-voice-response#comments Amanda Puckett Family Planning Health Workers Interactive Voice Response IVR mHealth mLearning Mobile Phones Senegal Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:11:51 +0000 Sarah Dwyer 1332 at https://www.capacityplus.org