mHealth.ci: Technology Acceptance Survey of Health Workers in Cote d'Ivoire

280 community and frontline health workers in Cote d'Ivoire's Poro region were surveyed from February to March 2025 on their acceptance of the mHealth.ci digital platform. The data includes determinants like perceived usefulness, ease of use, social influence, and actual use, analyzed with R. The study was authored by Kadidiatou Raïssa Kourouma and published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Compare technology acceptance determinants between community health workers and frontline health workers based on survey constructs.
• Analyze the relationship between socio-demographic factors and reported actual use of a digital health platform.
• Model the influence of perceived usefulness and social influence on intention to use mHealth tools.
• Identify training and supervision needs for different health worker categories based on reported confidence and stress levels.

Strengths

• Survey includes 280 participants with a clear breakdown of 200 community health workers and 80 frontline health workers.
• Data collection used a combined theoretical framework (Technology Acceptance Model and Louart S et al. framework) for structured analysis.
• Results include specific statistical findings, such as 85% male participants and an average age of 42 ± 9 years.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is limited to a pilot in five health districts of one region, which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Cross-sectional analytic study using a survey instrument.

Time Range

February to March 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 05:31:31; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Five pilot health districts of the Poro Health Region, Cote d'Ivoire