Empowering Community Health Workers With Scripted Medicine: Design Science Research Study
We propose Scripted Medicine as a novel approach to CHW empowerment inspired by collaboration engineering and algorithmic management. Scripted Medicine broadens the perspective on mobile health-supported, community-based health care. It emphasizes the need to script not only essential medical knowledge but also script counseling expertise. These scripts allow CHWs to embed medical knowledge into the social interactions in community-based health care. Scripted Medicine empowers CHW to accept broader responsibilities to address the imminent shortage of medical professionals in the Global South.
Authors
- Damaris Schmid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8116-5792)
- Mateusz Dolata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2732-4465)
- Felix Gerber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9736-1907)
- Gerhard Schwabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0453-9762)
- Dario Staehelin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-5593)
Institutions
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH (DE)
- University of Basel (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University of St.Gallen (CH)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule (CH)
- University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Human Factors
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/57545
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.54