Organisation of primary health care in the Asia-Pacific region: developing a prioritised research agenda

Palagyi, Anna; Dodd, Rebecca; Jan, Stephen; Nambiar, Devaki; Joshi, Rohina; Tian, Maoyi; Abimbola, Seye; Peiris, David

In the area of mHealth or eHealth tools, studies also rarely considered the broader context of implementation-such as provider acceptability, patient literacy levels, telecommunications infrastructure or the BMJ Global Health box 1 Initial list of evidence gaps generated from the evidence review and gap analysis â–º How to determine the optimum PHC team structure and skill mix? â–º What is the impact on well-being, motivation and workloads of CHWs of integrating a new programme? â–º What health promotion strategies are effective for enhancing utilisation of PHC services? â–º How to ensure that essential drugs and diagnostics are available at the primary care level at all times with no stockouts or excesses? â–º What are appropriate and effective models of delivering PHC outside the clinic? â–º How to ensure availability of doctors at PHC level in rural and remote communities? â–º What are the limits on the use of mHealth/eHealth by coverage of mobile networks, phone ownership and health literacy? â–º What is the role of the community in determining essential benefit packages?