Infrastructural artefacts in community health: a case study of pregnancy care infrastructures in south India

Verdezoto, Nervo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-4262, Bagalkot, Naveen, Akbar, Syeda Zainab, Sharma, Swati, Griffiths, Paula, Mackintosh, Nicola and Harrington, Deirdre 2019. Infrastructural artefacts in community health: a case study of pregnancy care infrastructures in south India. Presented at: The 7th International Conference on Infrastructures in Healthcare, Vienna, Austria, 30-31 May 2018. Infrahealth 2019 - Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Infrastructure in Healthcare 2019. 7th International Conference on Infrastructures in Healthcare,. Reports of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies , vol.3 European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET), 10.18420/ihc2019_006

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Abstract

The work of frontline health workers providing access to pregnancy care services to women in South India is highly distributed and often overlooked in the design of healthcare infrastructures. Unlike clinical and nonclinical personnel who engage in different care practices within and across hospital departments with clearly established work roles, the work of frontline workers is performed across different geographical areas beyond the boundaries of the hospital and with loosely defined roles and resources making the coordination of work more complex. Based on a case study investigating the work of frontline health workers, we report a number of material infrastructural arrangements (the Thayi Card, physical and digital registers, and mobile phones) that played a major role supporting community health practices. We conclude by discussing the opportunities that these artefacts offer for the design of healthcare infrastructures.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics
Publisher:	European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
ISSN:	2510-2591
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	2 March 2020
Date of Acceptance:	1 May 2019
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2022 09:44
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/130099

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