Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-3-2018
Publication Title
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Volume
6
Issue
3
First page number:
1
Last page number:
7
Abstract
Background: Health practitioners seek to leverage the ubiquity of the mobile phone to increase the impact and robustness of their interventions, particularly in resource-limited settings. However, data on the reliability of self-reported mobile phone access is minimal. Objective: We sought to ascertain the reliability of self-reported ownership of and access to mobile phones among a population of rural dwellers in north-central Nigeria. Methods: We contacted participants in a community-based HIV testing program by phone to determine actual as opposed to self-reported mobile phone access. ...(Please see full text for complete abstract)
Keywords
Reliability; Phone ownership; Resource-limited setting; Cell phone use; Rural population; Developing countries; Self report; Nigeria; Telemedicine
Disciplines
Community Health
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
592 Kb
Language
English
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Repository Citation
Menson, W. N.,
Olawepo, J. O.,
Bruno, T.,
Gbadamosi, S. O.,
Nalda, N. F.,
Anyebe, V.,
Ogidi, A.,
Onoka, C.,
Oko, J. O.,
Ezeanolue, E. E.
(2018).
Reliability of Self-Reported Mobile Phone Ownership in Rural North-Central Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Study.
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 6(3),
1-7.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.8760