Identifying Generative Mechanisms in a Mobile Health (mHealth) Project in Sierra Leone: A Critical Realist Framework for Retroduction

P. J. Wall; Dave Lewis; Lucy Hederman

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-19115-3_4

Identifying Generative Mechanisms in a Mobile Health (mHealth) Project in Sierra Leone: A Critical Realist Framework for Retroduction

P. J. Wall, Dave Lewis, Lucy Hederman

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Abstract

This paper examines an ongoing mobile health (mHealth) initiative in Sierra Leone. The objective is to describe the ontological perspective and methodological approach used which relies on critical realism and Archer’s morphogenetic approach. Such a critical realist-based approach addresses many of the concerns associated with the interpretivist and positivist philosophical duopoly that has dominated the ICT4D field for many years. The approach allows the mechanisms that determined what caused the events associated with the mHealth case to be hypothesized, thus making clear why this mHealth case has sustained through many challenges.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D - 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Honest Christopher Kimaro, Petter Nielsen
Publisher	Springer New York LLC
Pages	39-48
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783030191146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19115-3_4
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	15th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019 - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of Duration: 1 May 2019 → 3 May 2019

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Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	552
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238

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Conference	15th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019
Country/Territory	Tanzania, United Republic of
City	Dar es Salaam
Period	1/05/19 → 3/05/19

Keywords

Critical realism
ICT4D
mHealth
Morphogenetic approach

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Wall, P. J., Lewis, D., & Hederman, L. (2019). Identifying Generative Mechanisms in a Mobile Health (mHealth) Project in Sierra Leone: A Critical Realist Framework for Retroduction. In H. C. Kimaro, & P. Nielsen (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D - 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Proceedings (pp. 39-48). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 552). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19115-3_4

Wall, P. J. ; Lewis, Dave ; Hederman, Lucy. / Identifying Generative Mechanisms in a Mobile Health (mHealth) Project in Sierra Leone : A Critical Realist Framework for Retroduction. Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D - 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Proceedings. editor / Honest Christopher Kimaro ; Petter Nielsen. Springer New York LLC, 2019. pp. 39-48 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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Wall, PJ, Lewis, D & Hederman, L 2019, Identifying Generative Mechanisms in a Mobile Health (mHealth) Project in Sierra Leone: A Critical Realist Framework for Retroduction. in HC Kimaro & P Nielsen (eds), Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D - 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 552, Springer New York LLC, pp. 39-48, 15th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of, 1/05/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19115-3_4

Identifying Generative Mechanisms in a Mobile Health (mHealth) Project in Sierra Leone: A Critical Realist Framework for Retroduction. / Wall, P. J.; Lewis, Dave; Hederman, Lucy.
Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D - 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Honest Christopher Kimaro; Petter Nielsen. Springer New York LLC, 2019. p. 39-48 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 552).

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Wall PJ, Lewis D, Hederman L. Identifying Generative Mechanisms in a Mobile Health (mHealth) Project in Sierra Leone: A Critical Realist Framework for Retroduction. In Kimaro HC, Nielsen P, editors, Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D - 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Proceedings. Springer New York LLC. 2019. p. 39-48. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-19115-3_4

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