Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232270 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Historical Social Research [ISSN:] 0172-6404 [Volume:] 46 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] GESIS [Place:] Köln [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 136-159
Publisher: 
GESIS, Köln
Abstract: 
The introduction of digital technology has sparked new debates about the value of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries. This debate offers important insights into the conventions that are relevant in global public health. Community health workers, a workforce that was already celebrated during the 1970s Primary Health Care movement, are having a remarkable revival in recent years, and myriad actors seek to boost their impact through mobile devices. Our content analysis of the public health literature evaluating this impact reveals the centrality of attempts at reconciling equity and cost effectiveness concerns, and thus considerable normative tensions. Additionally, we find that discussions about “domestic” values such as privacy and gender roles come with a paternalistic undertone, calling for feminist and postcolonial engagement with the digitalization of community health work.
Subjects: 
global health
primary health care
community health worker
feminism
orders of worth
economics of convention
mobile health
low- and middle-income countries
policy
values
global south
mHealth
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