HealthLine: Speech-based access to health information by low-literate users
- 1 December 2007
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Abstract
Health information access by low-literate community health workers is a pressing need of community health programs across the developing world. We present results from a needs assessment we conducted to understand the health information access practices and needs of various types of health workers in Pakistan. We also present a prototype for speech-based health information access, as well as discuss our experiences from a pilot study involving its use by community health workers in a rural health center.Keywords
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