Hello, I am Vaishnavi, I am taking a PhD at NTNU Norway. I am researching informal use of mobile phones by healthcare workers in India. I wanted to share this comic on the experience of ASHA workers in India [ http://164.52.210.154:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1847 ]. ASHAs are all-female public health workers who are chosen from the community, and they work in the same community providing public health information, delivering maternal and child healthcare, and doing basic disease screening. The comic talks about the experience of ASHAs with the digitalization of their work. It talks about change in roles, how ASHAs feel that they have to spend more time doing data entry on mobile phones rather than catering to the needs of people in the community. However, all the ASHAs are quite happy with whatsapp and say that it has positively helped their work. It is an amazing comic and highlights the effect of digitalization at the frontline healthcare level in India.
HIFA profile: Vaishnavi Mangal is a PhD candidate at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and is based in India. Professional interests: Digital Health, Informal Digital Health, Community health work. vaishnavimangal6896 AT gmail.com