@inbook{8687b3cdd1304001b21f1c9b710e4f9a,
title = "The use of mobile phones in rural Javanese villages: Knowledge production and information exchange among poor women with diabetes",
abstract = "Previous studies have found mHealth-based smartphone applications are promising tools to help improve diabetes management and self-care. However, rural populations are often not smartphone-equipped and therefore cannot access diabetes management apps. Guided by a culture-centered approach, this chapter describes an ethnographic study of health behaviors among women in two Javanese villages. In-depth interviews were conducted with 30 female participants in Central Java, Indonesia. Grounded theory was adopted for data analysis. This study sought to unearth the existing modes of communication and it was found that—in conversation with mantri (a male health practitioner)—the participants developed alternative modes of mHealth communication based on SMS. The sending and receiving of diabetes-related SMS became embedded in the women{\textquoteright}s daily lives and enabled them to navigate their health routines as people living with diabetes.",
keywords = "Culture-centered approach, Diabetes, Indonesia, mHealth, Rural Javanese women, Self-management",
author = "Dyah Pitaloka",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Asian Development Bank.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-94-024-1251-2_4",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789402412505",
series = "Mobile Communication in Asia",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "49--67",
editor = "Emma Baulch and Jerry Watkins and Tariq, {Amina }",
booktitle = "mHealth Innovation in Asia",
}
