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  • * Mobile health (mHealth) applications can help improve access to healthcare and outcomes for refugee populations.
  • * The study focuses on testing a new mHealth app to collect health data from Myanmar refugees in eastern India, aiming to identify key health interventions needed for this community.

Article Abstract

With recent increases in armed conflict and forced migration, refugee health has become a growing priority amongst those who work in global health. Refugees and forced migrants, also known as displaced persons, face barriers to accessing health services and are often at an increased risk for adverse health outcomes, such as sexual violence, infectious diseases, poor maternal outcomes, and mental health concerns. Mobile health (mHealth) applications have been shown to increase access and improve health outcomes among refugee populations. Our study aims to evaluate the feasibility of using a novel mHealth application to conduct population health surveillance data collection amongst a population of Myanmar citizens who have been forced to relocate to eastern India. The data collected in a low-resource setting through the mHealth application will be used to identify priority areas for intervention which will assist in the development of a tailored intervention plan that best suits our population.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10785942PMC

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