Esteban Avendaño

TL;DR: Implementation strategies and lessons learned from the development and implementation stages of two survey research projects using offline mobile technology are shared to inform and prepare public health researchers and practitioners to implement new mobile technologies in surveyResearch projects in LMICs.

TL;DR: Effectively addressing the global tobacco epidemic will require sustained focus on supporting LMIC infrastructures for tobacco control, drawing on lessons learned across partnered trials, to provide feasible and innovative approaches for addressing this modifiable public health crisis.

TL;DR: For instance, the authors conducted a global study using a survey tool (Amazon's Mechanical Turk portal) to ascertain willingness to participate in genetic research by Latin America birth-residency concordance.

TL;DR: The authors report on the feasibility of using a globally networked learning environment (GNLE plus workshop approach to public health capacity training and the capacity of LMIC teams to complete the MundoComm trainings and produce ICT-based interventions to address a maternal health issue in their respective regions.

TL;DR: The most recent edition of the MundoComm project as discussed by the authors has focused on information communication technology (ICT) for maternal health in Costa Rica and Latin America, with the goal of developing an innovative training program to enhance the ability of community-based teams in Latin America to use ICT to improve maternal health.