Informal m-health: How are young people using mobile phones to bridge healthcare gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa? (2015)
Journal Article
Hampshire, K., Porter, G., Owusu, S. A., Mariwah, S., Abane, A., Robson, E., …Milner, J. (2015). Informal m-health: How are young people using mobile phones to bridge healthcare gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa?. Social science & medicine, 142, 90-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.033

The African communications ‘revolution’ has generated optimism that mobile phones might help overcome infrastructural barriers to healthcare provision in resource-poor contexts. However, while formal m-health programmes remain limited in coverage and... Read More about Informal m-health: How are young people using mobile phones to bridge healthcare gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa?.

Mobile phones and education in sub-Saharan Africa: from youth practice to public policy (2015)
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Robson, E., Abane, A., Bango, A., De Lannoy, A., Gunguluza, N., Hampshire, K., …Tanle, A. (2016). Mobile phones and education in sub-Saharan Africa: from youth practice to public policy. Journal of international development, 28(1), 22-39. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3116

Young people’s use of mobile phones is expanding exponentially across Africa. Its transformative potential is exciting, but findings presented in this paper indicate how the downside of mobile phone use in African schools is becoming increasingly app... Read More about Mobile phones and education in sub-Saharan Africa: from youth practice to public policy.

Context matters: fostering, orphanhood and schooling in sub-Saharan Africa (2014)
Journal Article
Hampshire, K., Porter, G., Agblorti, S., Robson, E., Munthali, A., & Abane, A. (2015). Context matters: fostering, orphanhood and schooling in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of biosocial science, 47(2), 141-164. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932014000169

A growing body of research suggests that orphanhood and fostering might be (independently) associated with educational disadvantage in sub-Saharan Africa. However, literature on the impacts of orphanhood and fostering on school enrolment, attendance... Read More about Context matters: fostering, orphanhood and schooling in sub-Saharan Africa.