Using smartphone adaptive training to improve newborn and child hospital care in Mwanza
Using adaptive e-learning and smartphones to improve newborn and pediatric admission care outcomes in Mwanza, Tanzania
This project uses smartphone-based adaptive training to help health workers in Mwanza give better care to newborns and young children.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R21 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Stanford University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Stanford, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11392144 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
From a patient's perspective, hospitals and clinics in Mwanza will give their health workers short, personalized e-learning lessons on smartphones combined with hands-on skills practice that is tailored to each facility's needs. The program, called PACE, delivers refresher content that adapts to what each provider already knows and allows rapid updates to training material. Researchers will track provider performance and patient outcomes across different facility types to finalize how to implement PACE widely. Early pilot work showed better provider knowledge, and this project will look for related improvements in admission care and child health.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Newborns and children (birth through 11 years) who are admitted to participating hospitals and clinics in Mwanza, Tanzania are the patients most likely to be included and to benefit.
Not a fit: Children who are treated outside the participating facilities, live outside Mwanza, or need care not covered by the trained admission procedures are unlikely to receive direct benefit from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could produce better-trained clinicians and fewer newborn and child complications or deaths from improved admission care.
How similar studies have performed: Pilot studies of the PACE program improved provider knowledge, but larger implementation work is needed to confirm benefits for patient health outcomes.
Where this research is happening
Stanford, United States
- Stanford University — Stanford, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Meaney, Peter a — Stanford University
- Study coordinator: Meaney, Peter a
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.