Using mobile phones and social media to facilitate education and support for rural-based midwives in South Africa.

Jennifer Chipps, Christoph Pimmer, Petra Brysiewicz, Fiona Walters, Sebastian Linxen, Thandi Ndebele, Urs Gröhbiel
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Background Empirical studies show the value of mobile phones as effective educational tools to support learning in the nursing profession, predominantly in high income countries. Problem statement The rapidly increasing prevalence of mobile phone technology in Africa nourishes hopes that these tools could be equally effective in lowly resourced contexts, specifically in efforts to achieve the health-related Millennium Development goals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception and use of mobile phones as educational and professional tools by nurses in lowly resourced settings. Methodology A quantitative survey using self-administered questionnaires was conducted of rural advanced midwives. Results Fifty-six nurses (49.6%) from the 113 rural-based midwives attending an advanced midwifery training programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, filled in a questionnaire. The results showed that, whilst nurses regarded their technology competences as low and although they received very little official support from their educational and professional institutions, the majority frequently used mobile functions and applications to support their work and learning processes. They perceived mobile devices with their voice, text, and email functions as important tools for the educational and professional activities of searching for information and engaging with facilitators and peers from work and study contexts. To a lesser extent, the use of social networks, such as WhatsApp and Facebook, were also reported. Conclusion and recommendation It is concluded that educational institutions should support the appropriate use of mobile phones more systematically; particularly in relation to the development of mobile network literacy skills.
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利用手机和社交媒体促进南非农村助产士的教育和支持。
背景:实证研究表明,手机作为支持护理专业学习的有效教育工具的价值,主要在高收入国家。问题说明:移动电话技术在非洲的普及率迅速上升,这激发了人们的希望,即这些工具在资源匮乏的情况下同样有效,特别是在努力实现与健康相关的千年发展目标方面。本研究的目的是调查护士在资源匮乏的环境中对手机作为教育和专业工具的感知和使用情况。方法:采用自填问卷对农村高级助产士进行定量调查。结果:来自南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔大学参加高级助产培训项目的113名农村助产士中的56名护士(49.6%)填写了一份问卷。结果显示,尽管护士们认为自己的技术能力很低,尽管他们很少得到教育和专业机构的官方支持,但大多数护士经常使用移动功能和应用程序来支持他们的工作和学习过程。他们认为,具有语音、文本和电子邮件功能的移动设备是搜索信息以及与辅导员和同事在工作和学习环境中互动的教育和专业活动的重要工具。在较小程度上,WhatsApp和Facebook等社交网络的使用也被报道。结论和建议:结论是,教育机构应更系统地支持适当使用手机;特别是在发展移动网络识字技能方面。
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