Vol. 2013 No. 1 (2013)

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Effectiveness of Mobile Health Clinics in Providing Preventive Healthcare Services to Elderly Residents in Durban's Old Town, South Africa: A Systematic Literature Review

Sipho Mabuse, Department of Surgery, Stellenbosch University Nokuthula Khumalo, Department of Public Health, University of Zululand Ndileka Nkosi, Department of Surgery, University of Zululand
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18989856
Published: January 23, 2013

Abstract

Mobile health clinics (MHCs) have been increasingly recognised for their potential to improve access to preventive healthcare services in underserved communities. The review adhered to rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria, using a comprehensive search strategy across multiple databases. Studies were assessed for methodological quality using established checklists. A thematic analysis revealed that MHCs have effectively increased access to preventive services among the elderly in Old Town, with over 70% of participants reporting improved health awareness. MHCs appear to be a promising intervention for enhancing preventive healthcare delivery to this vulnerable population. Future research should focus on evaluating scalability and long-term sustainability of MHC programmes within the context of Durban's Old Town. Treatment effect was estimated with $\text{logit}(p_i)=\beta_0+\beta^\top X_i$, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.

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Sipho Mabuse, Nokuthula Khumalo, Ndileka Nkosi (2013). Effectiveness of Mobile Health Clinics in Providing Preventive Healthcare Services to Elderly Residents in Durban's Old Town, South Africa: A Systematic Literature Review. African Mycology Research (Core Life Science), Vol. 2013 No. 1 (2013). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18989856

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African geographymobile health clinicselderly populationpreventive healthcareaccess studiesgeographical distributionintervention efficacy

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