Coordination challenges in collaborative practices in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorShidende, Nima H.
dc.contributor.authorGrisot, Miria
dc.contributor.authorAanestad, Margunn
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-06T10:12:25Z
dc.date.available2021-05-06T10:12:25Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.12856/JHIA-2014-v2-i1-88en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes some of the complexities that face health service provision in developing countries, with the motivation to inform design of appropriate information systems. In particular, we are interested in a better understanding of the challenges to coordination and collaboration between health staff that are located in different facilities and employed to work in different health programs. The study reported and analyzed in this paper was conducted in two districts in Tanzania. Using ethnographic data collection methods, we studied health workers’ practices of coordination and Collaboration in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services in Tanzania. In our study we describe the collaboration required when managing patient trajectories of PMTCT patients across facilities and programs, and how contingencies may change the course of a patient trajectory. We provide a rich empirical description of coordination work in a resource constrained setting and we propose improvements to the design of both computer and paper-based information systems. The rich empirical description of coordination work in a resource constrained setting and our analysis of coordination challenges contribute to a better understanding that can strengthen collaboration and thus also improve health care provision.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShidende, N. H., Grisot, M., & Aanestad, M. (2014). Coordination challenges in collaborative practices in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Tanzania. Journal of Health Informatics in Africa, 2(1).en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: https://doi.org/10.12856/JHIA-2014-v2-i1-88
dc.identifier.otherURL: https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/88
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2966
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJHIAen_US
dc.subjectInformation systemsen_US
dc.subjectChild transmissionen_US
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectHealth serviceen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen_US
dc.subjectPatient careen_US
dc.subjectHealth service provisionen_US
dc.subjectCollaborative practicesen_US
dc.subjectCoordination mechanismsen_US
dc.subjectCoordination artefactsen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen_US
dc.titleCoordination challenges in collaborative practices in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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