This report aims to provide practical advice about the implementation of a public health monitoring system using both geographic information system technology and mobile health, a term used for healthcare delivery via mobile devices. application amongst household residents and community stakeholders in the limited resource community. A public health monitoring system was implemented in a semi-rural district in Thailand. The challenges encountered during implementation were documented qualitatively in a series of monthly focus group discussions, several community hearings, and many targeted interviews. In addition, lessons learned from the expansion of the program to 75 other districts throughout Thailand were also considered. All challenges proved solvable yielding several key pieces of advice for future project implementation teams. Specifically, communication between team members, anticipating technological challenges, and involvement of community members are critical. The problems encountered in our project were mainly related to the capabilities of the data collectors and technical issues of mobile devices, internet coverage, and the GIS application itself. During the implementation phase, progressive changes needed to be made to the system promptly, in parallel with community team building in order to get the highest public health impact.

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有限资源社区中的 mHealth 技术转化——泰国清迈省有限资源社区的过程、挑战和经验教训

本报告旨在提供有关使用地理信息系统技术和移动健康（用于通过移动设备提供医疗服务的术语）实施公共卫生监测系统的实用建议。在有限资源社区中的住户居民和社区利益相关者之间的应用。在泰国的一个半农村地区实施了公共卫生监测系统。在实施过程中遇到的挑战在一系列月度焦点小组讨论、几次社区听证会和许多有针对性的访谈中得到定性记录。此外，还考虑了将该计划扩展到泰国其他 75 个地区的经验教训。所有挑战都被证明是可以解决的，为未来的项目实施团队提供了几个关键建议。具体来说，团队成员之间的沟通、预测技术挑战以及社区成员的参与至关重要。我们项目中遇到的问题主要与数据采集器的能力和移动设备、互联网覆盖以及GIS应用本身的技术问题有关。在实施阶段，需要及时对系统进行渐进式更改，同时进行社区团队建设，以获得最大的公共卫生影响。