Recognising & supporting information mhealth in Africa through grassroots interventions

Dr Elsbeth Robson E.Robson@hull.ac.uk
Reader in Human Geography

Building an evidence base to support and enhance community health workers' (informal) use of mobile phones in Ghana, Malawi and Ethiopia Jan 1, 2018 - Sep 30, 2019
Africa's recent communications 'revolution' has generated optimism that using mobile phones for health (mhealth) can help bridge healthcare gaps, particularly for rural, hard-to-reach populations. However, while scale-up of mhealth pilots remains lim... Read More about Building an evidence base to support and enhance community health workers' (informal) use of mobile phones in Ghana, Malawi and Ethiopia.

White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2021

Social cash transfers, generational relations and youth poverty trajectories in rural Lesotho and Malawi Oct 1, 2015 - Sep 30, 2019
Youth poverty is important, not least because of its implications for the future, yet rural youth poverty in particular has received little attention from researchers or policy makers. The major recent innovation in policy responses to poverty in sub... Read More about Social cash transfers, generational relations and youth poverty trajectories in rural Lesotho and Malawi.

Exploring ‘the domestic’ in contemporary hospice architecture: a critical examination of the architecture and design of in-patient palliative care facilities in England. Sep 20, 2021 - Jan 19, 2025
Although 40 million people worldwide need palliative care annually, there is a lack of understanding about how the architecture and design of palliative care environments helps or hinders this care.
I will conduct a new critical examination of Engli... Read More about Exploring ‘the domestic’ in contemporary hospice architecture: a critical examination of the architecture and design of in-patient palliative care facilities in England..