Discovering New Kazakhstan: Mobile Health and Mobile EKG in Kazakhstan (2013)
Undergraduate: Charles Santos
Faculty Advisor: Gabriel Trop
Department: Interdisciplinary Studies
Cellular and Mobile applications have demonstrated a variety of applications to health related issues in the past decade. Kazakhstan in particular faces over seventy-thousand deaths every year attributed to Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, Liver Disease and Hypertension, many of which could be avoided with early detection. Key Informant Interviews were conducted in order to evaluate the feasibility of a Mobile Health pilot project in Kazakhstan. Four areas were examined: Chronic Disease Management, International Collaboration, Professional Training, and Crisis Support. It was determined that the application of a Mobile ECG technology for the diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease might be a feasible undertaking. To assess the acceptability of this technology, a focus group qualitative study is proposed.
The impetus for this project occurred through the support of the Kazakhstan Embassy of Washington’s Fellowship for Summer Study Abroad 2012.