Advances in Public Health / 2016 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
The Necessity of Mobile Phone Technologies for Public Health Surveillance in Benin Table 1 (a) Comparison and recapitulation of information collected from respondents. (b) Compassion and recapitulation of information collected from respondents.
(a) Variable Level Number Proportion (%) valuePhone calls Urban 94 95.92 0.5677 Rural 32 100 SMS Urban 58 59.18 0.9316 Rural 18 56.25 Digital forms Urban 50 51.02 0.9176 Rural 16 50.00 Phone calls Public 68 94.44 0.1893 Health professionals 58 100 SMS Public 28 38.89 0.014 Health professionals 36 62.07 Digital forms Public 22 30.55 0.007 Health professionals 32 55.17 Common communication methods SMS 102 78.46 ā Calls 130 100.00 Internet-apps 68 52.31 Medical use of cell phone Appointment 65 50.00 ā Emergency 15 11.54 Follow-up 12 9.23 Complaints 25 19.23 Cases 65 50.00 Vaccination 6 4.62 Treatments 22 16.92
(b) Variable Level Number Per cent (%) Current disease reporting means TV 92 70.77 Newspaper 93 71.54 Radio 55 42.31 Colleagues 24 18.46 Internet 78 60.00 Relatives 22 16.92 Social media 56 43.08 Pub-shouter 2 1.54 Reportable issues using cell phone Outbreak 123 94.62 Cases 113 86.92 Pregnancy 65 50.00 Birth 87 66.92 ARV-Remd 55 42.31 Drug-Remd 12 9.23 Appointment 112 86.15 Diagnoses 74 56.92 Treatment 49 37.69 Vaccination 62 47.69 Emergency 90 69.23 Controls 33 25.38 Drug purchase 13 10.00 Prophylaxis 19 14.62