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ANALYSIS OF THE ACCEPTANCE PROCESS OF DISTRICT HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS (DHIS) FOR VERTICAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES

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dc.creator Kiwanuka, Achilles
dc.creator Kimaro, Honest C.
dc.creator Senyoni, Wilfred
dc.date 2016-01-28T12:10:45Z
dc.date 2016-01-28T12:10:45Z
dc.date 2015
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:52:07Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:52:07Z
dc.identifier Kiwanuka, A., Kimaro, H., Senyoni, W.(2015). ANALYSIS OF THE ACCEPTANCE PROCESS OF DISTRICT HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS (DHIS) FOR VERTICAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES:A CASE STUDY OF TB, HIV/AIDS AND MALARIA PROGRAMMES IN TANZANIA. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Vol 70 (8), pp1-14
dc.identifier 1681-4835
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/217
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3405
dc.description full paper available at : http://www.ejisdc.org/ojs2/index.php/ejisdc/article/view/1519/599
dc.description District Health Information System (DHIS) is used in many parts of the world to report aggregated data at the district level. Tanzania is one of the countries where the ministry of health endorsed DHIS for such use. Although the system has been rolled out recently throughout the country, Vertical Health Programmes (VHPs) are on their way to fully adopting the system. The objective of this study was to analyse the acceptance process of DHIS by three VHPs so as to examine the facilitating conditions and the challenges that they face. Data was collected through interviews, document review and observation. Analysis of the data showed the facilitating conditions to be having a consensus on which VHP indicators to include in the DHIS, existence of infrastructure including the routine Health Information System (HIS), and support from development partners. Challenges of acceptance process of DHIS include inadequate human resource for HIS, data quality and information flow issues, and existence of separate monitoring and evaluation systems for the VHPs. The study recommends integration or interoperation of DHIS with VHP systems, creating a pool of resources for HIS, training and motivating human resource for HIS.
dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
dc.subject District Health Information System
dc.subject Vertical Health Programmes
dc.subject Adoption
dc.subject Acceptance
dc.title ANALYSIS OF THE ACCEPTANCE PROCESS OF DISTRICT HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS (DHIS) FOR VERTICAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES
dc.title A CASE STUDY OF TB, HIV/AIDS AND MALARIA PROGRAMMES IN TANZANIA
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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