Mobile health applications for disease management in rural areas: A systematic review DOI Creative Commons

Ebube Victor Emeihe,

Ejike Innocent Nwankwo,

Mojeed Dayo Ajegbile

et al.

International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(8), P. 1725 - 1746

Published: Aug. 21, 2024

Mobile health (mHealth) applications offer a transformative approach to disease management, particularly in rural areas where healthcare resources are often limited. This systematic review explores the role of mHealth enhancing management settings, focusing on their effectiveness, challenges, and potential benefits. The systematically assesses literature designed for areas, highlighting key findings from various studies. reveals that can significantly improve access services, enable remote monitoring, facilitate timely interventions. These include features such as symptom tracking, medication reminders, education, telemedicine capabilities, which collectively enhance patient outcomes. For instance, apps chronic diabetes hypertension, tools self-monitoring personalized feedback, thereby improving adherence treatment regimens fostering better control. However, also identifies several challenges associated with implementation areas. Key issues limited internet access, variability digital literacy, concerns about data privacy security. effectiveness is constrained by these factors, need tailored solutions address unique needs populations. Despite underscores bridge gaps delivery By providing scalable accessible solutions, have outcomes underserved regions. Future research should focus developing context-specific barriers identified exploring strategies effective integration into existing systems. Overall, represent promising avenue advancing impact public health. Keywords: Rural Areas, Systematic, Disease, Management, Health Application.

Language: Английский

AI and big data analytics for enhancing public health surveillance in rural communities DOI Creative Commons

Geneva Tamunobarafiri Igwama,

Ejike Innocent Nwankwo,

Ebube Victor Emeihe

et al.

International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(8), P. 1797 - 1823

Published: Aug. 21, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics have emerged as powerful tools in enhancing public health surveillance, particularly rural communities where traditional monitoring methods face significant challenges. These technologies offer the potential to transform how is collected, analyzed, utilized, enabling more effective timely responses threats. Rural often struggle with limited healthcare infrastructure, making it difficult monitor respond issues effectively. AI can bridge this gap by providing advanced capabilities for real-time collection analysis. algorithms process vast amounts of from various sources, including electronic records, mobile applications, social media, environmental sensors. This enables identification patterns trends that may indicate emerging threats, such outbreaks infectious diseases or increases chronic conditions. Big allows integration analysis diverse datasets, a comprehensive view areas. holistic approach officials identify high-risk populations, track spread diseases, evaluate effectiveness interventions. For instance, AI-powered predictive models forecast disease based on historical current trends, allowing proactive measures mitigate impact. Moreover, these enhance accuracy efficiency surveillance. automate processing tasks, reducing time resources required manual authorities quickly improving overall outcomes communities. Additionally, aid identifying correlations between factors issues, insights inform policies Despite benefits, implementing surveillance faces several Data privacy security concerns must be addressed ensure confidentiality information. Furthermore, areas lack technological infrastructure expertise needed fully leverage technologies. Overcoming challenges requires investment training professionals, development user-friendly applications tailored needs In conclusion, hold promise By leveraging technologies, improve detection, monitoring, response ultimately leading better populations. Keywords: AI, Analytics, Public Health, Surveillance, Communities.

Language: Английский

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The role of project management in driving innovation, economic growth, and future trends DOI Creative Commons

Henry Oziegbe Iriogbe,

Edith Ebele Agu,

Christianah Pelumi Efunniyi

et al.

International Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(8), P. 2819 - 2834

Published: Aug. 30, 2024

Project management has evolved into a critical discipline that significantly impacts innovation, economic growth, and the shaping of future trends. In today's dynamic competitive business environment, effective project is essential for organizations to innovate, adapt, thrive. This paper explores pivotal role plays in fostering contributing anticipating Innovation lifeblood modern enterprises, provides structured approach needed translate innovative ideas tangible outcomes. By employing methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, Lean, managers facilitate rapid development implementation new products, services, processes. These emphasize flexibility, iterative progress, continuous improvement, enabling respond quickly market changes technological advancements. Effective ensures innovation projects are completed on time, within budget, desired quality standards, maximizing their impact value. Economic growth closely linked successful execution projects. Large-scale infrastructure projects, advancements, ventures all rely robust practices. coordinate resources, manage risks, ensure stakeholder alignment, which timely cost-effective completion drive development. improving efficiency productivity, contributes overall health industries nations. Furthermore, it helps create job opportunities, fosters investment, enhances competitiveness businesses global marketplace. Future trends being shaped by emerging technologies changing paradigms. The integration Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data analytics, Internet Things (IoT) practices revolutionizing field. provide real-time insights, predictive automated processes, make informed decisions optimize Additionally, growing emphasis sustainability corporate social responsibility (CSR) influencing approaches, driving adoption green ethical conclusion, vital driver providing framework managing complexity change, enables grow, navigate uncertainties future. evolution practices, influenced advancements societal shifts, will further enhance its prosperous sustainable Keywords: Role, Management, Driving Innovations, Growth, Trends.

Language: Английский

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Innovative drug delivery methods for combating antimicrobial resistance DOI Creative Commons

Ejike Innocent Nwankwo,

Ebube Victor Emeihe,

Mojeed Dayo Ajegbile

et al.

International Medical Science Research Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(8), P. 834 - 858

Published: Aug. 23, 2024

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to global health, complicating the treatment of infectious diseases and leading increased morbidity mortality. Innovative drug delivery methods are emerging as critical strategies combat AMR by enhancing efficacy existing antibiotics facilitating development new therapeutic approaches. This paper explores role novel systems in addressing challenges. One primary approaches is targeted that improve precision antibiotic therapy. Nanotechnology has revolutionized this field, enabling creation nanoparticles nanocarriers can deliver drugs directly infection sites, reducing systemic side effects concentration at target. These advanced be engineered release controlled manner, overcoming bacterial mechanisms minimizing likelihood development. Another promising strategy involves use combination therapies delivered through innovative methods. By combining with adjuvants or resistance-modifying agents, these counteract restore effectiveness drugs. For instance, platforms co-deliver inhibitors efflux pumps biofilm formation enhance resistant infections. The integration smart systems, which respond environmental stimuli such pH changes specific enzymes, offers additional advantages. only presence bacteria, thereby overall exposure bacteria decreasing risk resistance. also include long-acting formulations implants provide sustained over extended periods. Such reduce frequency dosing, patient adherence, ensure consistent levels, crucial for managing chronic infections preventing In conclusion, pivotal fight against AMR. targeting, therapies, utilizing sustained-release offer solutions curb Continued research area essential advancing ensuring effective management face rising antimicrobial Keywords: Innovative, Drug Delivery Methods, Combating, Antimicrobial, Resistance.

Language: Английский

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AI-Enhanced remote monitoring for chronic disease management in rural areas DOI Creative Commons

Geneva Tamunobarafiri Igwama,

Ejike Innocent Nwankwo,

Ebube Victor Emeihe

et al.

International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(8), P. 1824 - 1847

Published: Aug. 21, 2024

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has revolutionized chronic disease management, particularly rural areas where access to medical services is often limited. AI-enhanced remote monitoring systems leverage advanced machine learning algorithms, wearable devices, and telehealth platforms provide continuous, real-time health for patients with conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases. AI algorithms analyze data from which track vital signs like heart rate, blood pressure, glucose levels, physical activity. This continuous stream allows early detection potential issues, enabling timely interventions reducing the need frequent hospital visits. For instance, can predict a hypertensive crisis by identifying abnormal patterns pressure readings, prompting immediate attention. Telehealth facilitate communication between providers, overcoming geographical barriers. Patients receive personalized care plans, medication adjustments, lifestyle recommendations through virtual consultations. AI-driven chatbots assistants enhance patient engagement providing instant responses health-related queries, thus improving adherence treatment regimens. Moreover, enhances analytics integrating electronic records (EHR) data, creating comprehensive profiles. These profiles assist providers making informed decisions personalizing plans. Predictive identify high-risk forecast progression, proactive management strategies. implementation also addresses resource constraints settings. Automated collection analysis reduce workload professionals, allowing them focus on critical tasks. Furthermore, AI's scalability ensures that even underserved communities benefit technologies. Despite these advancements, challenges privacy, cybersecurity, reliable internet connectivity must be addressed. Ensuring security confidentiality paramount gaining trust widespread adoption technologies healthcare. In conclusion, presents transformative approach areas, outcomes, enhancing accessibility, optimizing utilization. Continued innovation investment are essential bridging gap urban populations. Keywords: AI-Enhanced, Remote Monitoring, Chronic Disease, Management, Rural Areas.

Language: Английский

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The impact of artificial intelligence on early diagnosis of chronic diseases in rural areas DOI Creative Commons

Ebube Victor Emeihe,

Ejike Innocent Nwankwo,

Mojeed Dayo Ajegbile

et al.

Computer Science & IT Research Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(8), P. 1828 - 1854

Published: Aug. 23, 2024

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has the potential to revolutionize early diagnosis chronic diseases, particularly rural areas where resources are often limited. This paper explores transformative impact AI technologies on identifying diseases at their earliest stages, enhancing patient outcomes, and alleviating burden systems. AI's ability analyze vast amounts data rapidly accurately enables detection such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular conditions. Machine learning algorithms can process from various sources, including electronic health records (EHRs), wearable devices, diagnostic imaging, identify patterns biomarkers indicative disease onset. predictive capability allows providers intervene sooner, potentially preventing progression reducing long-term costs. In areas, access specialized medical expertise advanced tools is constrained, AI-driven offer a significant advantage. Telemedicine platforms integrated with facilitate remote consultations, assists interpreting providing suggestions. approach not only expands quality but also empowers local decision-support tools, improving accuracy management. Moreover, help mitigate challenges limited personnel regions by automating routine tasks enabling workers focus more complex cases. For instance, AI-powered imaging analysis quickly screen large populations for signs flagging suspicious cases further review professionals. deployment settings fosters continuous monitoring personalized care through connected devices. These devices collect real-time data, which systems provide actionable insights alerts both patients providers. proactive ensures timely interventions enhances adherence treatment plans. conclusion, into significantly improves offering scalable solution address disparities outcomes between urban populations. Continued investment infrastructure, along targeted training providers, essential realize full transforming life millions. Keywords: AI, Impact, Early Diagnostic, Chronic Disease, Rural Areas.

Language: Английский

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Mobile health applications for disease management in rural areas: A systematic review DOI Creative Commons

Ebube Victor Emeihe,

Ejike Innocent Nwankwo,

Mojeed Dayo Ajegbile

et al.

International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(8), P. 1725 - 1746

Published: Aug. 21, 2024

Mobile health (mHealth) applications offer a transformative approach to disease management, particularly in rural areas where healthcare resources are often limited. This systematic review explores the role of mHealth enhancing management settings, focusing on their effectiveness, challenges, and potential benefits. The systematically assesses literature designed for areas, highlighting key findings from various studies. reveals that can significantly improve access services, enable remote monitoring, facilitate timely interventions. These include features such as symptom tracking, medication reminders, education, telemedicine capabilities, which collectively enhance patient outcomes. For instance, apps chronic diabetes hypertension, tools self-monitoring personalized feedback, thereby improving adherence treatment regimens fostering better control. However, also identifies several challenges associated with implementation areas. Key issues limited internet access, variability digital literacy, concerns about data privacy security. effectiveness is constrained by these factors, need tailored solutions address unique needs populations. Despite underscores bridge gaps delivery By providing scalable accessible solutions, have outcomes underserved regions. Future research should focus developing context-specific barriers identified exploring strategies effective integration into existing systems. Overall, represent promising avenue advancing impact public health. Keywords: Rural Areas, Systematic, Disease, Management, Health Application.

Language: Английский

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