MOBILE COUNSELING & MOBILE EDUCATION (PROMINENT ARTICLE ABSTRACTS)
MOBILE LEARNING ABSTRACTS
MOBILE COUNSELING ABSTRACTS
Mobile Phone Delivered Counseling and Text Messaging Intervention to Reduce HIV & AIDS Transmission Risk among Night-Life Workers in Chennai, India
Abstract
Night-Life Workers are at increased risk for HIV infection in India. Despite the need, HIV prevention efforts are lacking. As in other settings, these people in India increasingly rely on the use of mobile phones for their issues. Integrating mobile phone technology into an HIV prevention program for them may decrease some of the challenges associated with face-to face approaches, such as implementation, lack of anonymity (privacy), and time consumption, while at the same time proving to be both feasible and useful.
Post-Trauma Mobile Service: A Case Study of Psychological Counseling
Service with Mobile Internet Technology Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
(1
Institute of Psychology of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2
Nokia Research Center Beijing, China)
Abstract
The 5.12 Wenchuan Earthquakes has not
only caused great loss of lives and properties of people in
disastrous area, but also has brought profound
psychological trauma to the victims. A Post-Trauma
Mobile Service (PTMS) is developed and implemented in
Sichuan province which combines the psychological
counseling knowledge and mobile internet technology.
The PTMS service creates a new mode for long-distance
psychological counseling service. Psychologists and
consultants can arrange psychological test and deliver
guidance to the victims in Sichuan whenever and
wherever they want. Field test result shows that this
PTMS service platform and service mode can
significantly reduce the cost and improve the effectiveness
of psychological counseling service in stricken area.
Keywords—Wenchuan Earthquakes; Post-Trauma Mobile
Service; psychological counselling service; mobile internet
Mitigating intimate partner violence among South African women testing HIV
positive during mobile counseling and testing
Behavioral Health & Support Services, Nashville CARES, Nashville, USA; b
School of Social Work, College of Behavioral and
Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
ABSTRACT
South African women continue to suffer massively from the epidemics of HIV
and close partner violence (CPV). Effective strategies are needed to decrease HIV-related CPV,
which often creates barriers to successful engagement along the HIV continuum of care. More
information is needed on how CPV impacts women’s safety following mobile counseling diagnosis. The sample included 255 black South African women experiencing close partner violence and HIV+ during mobile counseling in Gauteng province.
Effects of Counseling by Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) on Reducing Aggressive Behavior in Adolescence
The main objective of this research is to determine the effect of counseling by short message service (SMS) on reducing aggressive behavior in adolescence. The research method was with pre test - post test design and control group. A sample of 60 boys in behavior disorders Center in Tehran was selected by available sampling method. Using Aggression Questionnaire (AGQ) in pre test indicated that all participants were suffering from aggressive behavior Disorder. Therefore those were selected randomly divided to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received counseling and therapy program by SMS in 2 months (per day two sms). The results of the study indicated the effectiveness of counseling by sms on the aggressive behavior of the participants.
The Effect of Mobile Group
Counseling on Nomadic Fulani's
Attitudes Toward Formal
Education
Daniel I. Denga, Faculty of Education, University of Jos, Nigeria
The realization that formal education is key to economic, cultural,
political, and social development has motivated most countries in
West Africa toward providing formal education for their citizens.
In Nigeria, the effort to provide formal education for every citizen
has resulted in the establishment of Universal Free Primary Education (U.P.E.) law which came into being in 1976. Universalizing education means that every child of school-age
should attend school. In order to encourage parents to send their
children to school, the Nigerian Government funds the program
almost one hundred percent.
In his study of the nomadic (always moving their houses from season to season) Fulani of some parts of Northern
Nigeria, Ezeoma states that despite government encouragement,
"the Cattle Fulani parents are not willing to send their children to
formal schools organized outside their camps for sedentary families' (settled in the same place) children." He found that among the major reasons for these parents'
unwillingness to send their children to regular schools were the
long distances of free schools from their camps, their children's
involvement in herding(taking care of sheep and cows), and the fact that nomadic Fulani
families are constantly on the move in search of grass grounds
and water for their cattle (cow) in the dry north. They have no land to
call their own. The nomadic Fulani parents regard their children as an important source of cheap labor (worker) and they fear that educated children
will refuse to herd (take care of) cattle animals. In order to start utilizing this labor as early
as possible, these parents involve their children in herding at five
years of age. Some parents are eager to initiate their children into
this occupation for it is regarded by them as an important way of
life and culture. Outside the regular schools, the only form of education available to the nomadic Fulani children is in Koranic schools
where they basically learn to read the Holy Quran. These Koranic
schools are established outside the camps.
This study was conducted to determine if educational counseling, provided by a mobile group counseling program, would affect
the Funali's attitudes toward formal education. Counseling the
nomadic Fulani parents regarding their attitudes toward formal
education was predicated on the assumption that if the nomadic
Fulani parents become aware of the usefulness of formal education,
they are likely to support and guide their children to follow it, even
if they do not want to seek formal education themselves. The mobile
group counseling experiment was conducted to test the following
hypothesis: "Perception and attitudes of nomadic Fulani parents
who received counseling regarding the usefulness of formal education will be more positive than those of the nomadic Fulani parents who did not receive any counseling."
The ultimate purpose of this study is to involve the educationally
disadvantaged ethnic groups like the nomadic Fulani in formal
education so as to facilitate their effective participation in modern
nation-building. Formal education in Nigeria has come to be regarded
as a right of every citizen.
Abstract
To address low contraceptive use in Tanzania, a pilot intervention using a mobile job aid was developed to guide community health workers (CHWs) to deliver integrated counseling on family planning, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In this article, we describe the process of developing the family planning algorithms and implementation of the mobile job aid, discuss how the job aid supported collection of real-time data for decision making, and present the cost of the overall system based on an evaluation of the pilot. Between January 2013 and July 2013, a total of 710 family planning users (455 continuing users and 255 new users) were registered and counseled using the mobile job aid over the 6-month intervention period. All users were screened for current pregnancy, questioned on partner support for contraceptive use, counseled on a range of contraceptives, and screened for HIV/STI risk.
The effectiveness of mobile phone text messaging
support for mothers with postpartum (after-birth) depression:
Abstract
Fertility and Infertility Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences,
Abstract
Background: It is estimated that postpartum (after-birth) depression (PPD) occurs in 10–15% of women in the year after childbirth. The highest
number of women with PPD has limited access to psychosocial (mental/psychological/social) and pharmacological (medical) support. Long-distance counseling via
mobile phone might be useful for the treatment of women with PPD, specifically in regions with low socioeconomical status and
rural areas.
Objective: Due to the high prevalence of PPD and its effects on health status of mothers and babies, we aimed to
determine whether long-distance counseling via mobile phone text messaging is efficacious for the treatment of mothers at PPD
risk. Materials and Methods: This pre-test and post-test clinical study was conducted in 2014 on 54 women referred to hospital
affiliated to Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Data were collected twice (baseline and follow-up) through
telephone interviews for assessing PPD risk of participants. The participants
were re-contacted by phone within 14 days after their childbirth. Women at PPD risk were included in the study to receive
daily text messages and others were excluded. Each mother received two daily text messages via mobile phones for 35 days. Findings revealed that sending text
messages to women with PPD would decline PPD. Conclusions: Long-distance counseling through sending text messages to patients with PPD can be an effective treatment along with
other current treatments. This can improve mothers’ health literacy about maternal postpartum psychological disorders.
Counseling With Guided Use of a Mobile Well-Being App for
Students Experiencing Anxiety or Depression: Clinical Outcomes
of a Feasibility Trial Embedded in a Student Counseling Service
Abstract
Background: Anxiety and depression continue to be prominent experiences of students approaching their university counseling
service. These services face unique challenges to ensure that they continue to offer quality support with fewer resources to a
growing student population. The convenience and availability of mobile phone apps offer innovative solutions to address therapeutic
challenges and expand the reach of traditional support.
Objective: The primary aim of this study was that use of a mobile phone 'well-being app' was introduced into a student counseling service and offered as an alternative to face-to-face counseling. Counseling supplemented with guided use of a mobile phone well-being app (intervention) for 38 university
students experiencing moderate anxiety or depression. Students in both conditions received up to 6 sessions of face-to-face
counseling within a 3-month period. Students who approached the counseling service and were accepted for counseling were
invited to join the trial. Results: Both groups demonstrated reduced clinical problems by the end of counseling. Conclusion: Supplementing face-to-face counseling with guided use of a well-being app is a feasible and acceptable treatment
option for university students experiencing moderate anxiety or depression. The feasibility trial was successfully embedded into
a university counseling service without denying access to treatment and with minimal disruption to the service. This study provides
preliminary evidence for using a well-being app to maintain clinical improvements for anxiety following the completion of
counseling. The design of the feasibility trial provides the groundwork for the development of future pilot trials and definitive
trials embedded in a student counseling service.
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