Healthcare providers’ and community stakeholders’ perception of using drones for tuberculosis diagnosis in Nepal: an exploratory qualitative study
Healthcare providers, female community health volunteers, and community stakeholders reported high levels of trust in drones and perceived their use for tuberculosis diagnosis and care to substantially benefit people with tuberculosis and providers in rural Nepal. There was a high level of demand for application to other healthcare services and wider geographical coverage, demonstrating drones as a potential tool for enhancing access to healthcare in geographically remote communities.
Authors
- Bishal Subedi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3584-499X)
- Govinda Majhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8536-8485)
- Kristi Sidney Annerstedt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8798-4027)
- Suman Chandra Gurung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4012-7562)
- Raghu Dhital
- Patrick Meier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8585-6208)
- Peter M. Small (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5403-8985)
- Kritika Dixit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7957-8109)
- Maxine Caws (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9109-350X)
- Bhola Rai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7421-4891)
- Rajan Paudel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5929-5585)
- Shradha Acharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5345-299X)
- Puskar Poudel
- Uttam Pudasaini
- Pravin Lamsal
- Ganga Ram Budhathoki
Institutions
- Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital (NP)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Stony Brook University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11824-0
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.19
Funders
- Nick Simons Foundation
- Horizon 2020