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 speechbased 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.
REF developed a speech-based health information access system called Health Line for low literate community health workers in the Sindh Province of Pakistan.
HealthLine: Speech-based access to health information by low-literate users
2007 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
2007 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
Computer Science