Publications

Journal articles

• People welcomed this nnovation with two hands: A Qualitative Report of an mHealthIntervention for Community Case Management in Malawi.                                Ide N, Hardy V, Chirambo G, Heavin C, O’Connor Y, O’Donoghue J, Mastellos N, Dharmayat K, Andersson B, Carlsson S, Muula A and Thompson M.                               Annals of Global Health, 2019;85(1):61-1-10. doi: 10.5334/aogh.919
• Training community healthcare workers on the use of information and communication technologies: a randomised controlled trial of traditional versus blended learning in Malawi, Africa
  Mastellos, N., Tran, T., Dharmayat, K., Cecil, E., Lee, H.Y., Wong, C.C.P., Mkandawire, W., Ngalande, E., Wu, J.T., Hardy, V., Chirambo, B.G., O’Donoghue, J.M. (2018)
  BMC Medical Education, 2018 Apr 2;18(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1175-5.
• Perceptions of a mobile health intervention for Community Case Management in Malawi: Opportunities and challenges for Health Surveillance Assistants in a community setting
  Chirambo, G.B., Hardy V., Heavin, C., O’Connor, Y., O’Donoghue, J., Mastellos, N., Tran, T., Hsieh, J., Wu, J.T., Carlsson, S., Andersson, B., Muula, A.S. Thompson, M. (2018) Malawi Medical Journal 30 (1): 6-12 March 2018. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v30i1.2
• The added value of a mobile application of Community Case Management on referral, re-consultation and hospitalization rates of children aged under 5 years in two districts in Northern Malawi: study protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge clusterrandomized controlled trial
  Hardy, V., O’Connor, Y., Heavin, C., Mastellos, N., Tran, T., O’Donoghue, J., Fitzpatrick, A.L., Ide, N., Wu, T.J., Chirambo, G.B., Muula, A.S., Nyirenda, M., Carlsson, S., Andersson, B., and Thompson, M. (2017)
  Trials 2017 18:475. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2213-z
• Understanding community health workers’ intentions to participate in mHealth studies within developing countries                             O’Connor, Y., Heavin, C., Gallagher, J., & O’Donoghue, J. (2017). Behaviour & Information Technology, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/0144929x.2017.1280537
• The Diagnostic Value of Capillary Refill Time for Detecting Serious Illness in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  Fleming S, Gill P, Jones C, Taylor JA, Van den Bruel A, Heneghan C, Roberts N, Thompson M. Published: September 16, 2015. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0138155.  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138155
• Validity and reliability of measurement of capillary refill time in children: a systematic review.
  Fleming S, Gill P, Jones C, Taylor JA, Van den Bruel A, Heneghan C, Thompson M.
  Arch Dis Child. 2015 Mar; 100(3): 239-49. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307079.
• Service Blueprint for Improving Clinical Guideline via Mobile Health Technology.
  Y.O’Connor, C.Heavin, S. O’Connor, J. Gallagher, J.Wu, J. O’Donoghue International Journal of Computer and Systems Engineering Volume 9 (11)Child. 2015, (776-780) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1109908.
• Unique Challenges Experienced during the Process of Implementing Mobile Health Information Technology in Developing Countries.                                                                                                                              O’Connor, S., O’Donoghue, J., Gallagher, J., Kawonga, T. and O’Connor, Y. (2014)  BMC Health Services Research 2014. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-S2-P87
• Contextual Barriers to Mobile Health Technology in Developing Countries: A Perspective Piece.
  O’ Connor, Y., O’ Donoghue, J. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine. doi: 10.7309/jmtm.4.1.7
• First impressions are lasting impressions: intention to participate in mobile health projects within developing countries
  O’ Connor, Y., Heavin, C., O’ Donoghue, J. Journal of Decision Systems . doi: 10.1080/12460125.2016.1125647
• Review of Key Stakeholders for an mHealth Pilot Study in Malawi Motivations and Expectations
  O’Connor, Y., Heavin, C., & O’Donoghue, J International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare. doi: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2015040105

---

Book chapters

• Enhancing Information Quality as part of the disease surveillance system in Malawi, Africa: reflections on a mHealth intervention
  Andersson, B., Wu, T., O’Donoghue, J., Mastellos, N., Thompson, M., Hardy, V., Ide, N., Heavin, C., O’Connor , Y., Carlsson, S., Chirambo, G., & Lee, H. (2017), Information Systems Development: Advances in Methods, Tools and Management, ISBN: 978-9963-2288-3-6, Springer
  
• Developing eXtensible mHealth Solutions for Low Resource Settings
  O’ Connor, Y., O’ Sullivan, T., Gallagher, J., Heavin, C., O’ Donoghue, J.
  In: Prasath R., O’Reilly P., Kathirvalavakumar T. (eds) Mining Intelligence and Knowledge Exploration. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8891. Springer, Cham.
  
• Sociocultural and Technological Barriers of Mobile IT across All Phases of Implementation in a Developing Country: An Empirical Study.
  O’ Connor, Y., O’ Connor, S., Gallagher, J., Heavin, C., O’ Donoghue, J. (2015)
  Applied Computing in Medicine and Health, Chapter 8. Elsevier: October 2015. ISBN: 978-0-12-803468-2.
• Examining Contextual Factors and Individual Value Dimensions of Healthcare Providers Intention to Adopt Electronic Health Technologies in Developing Countries.
  O’Connor, Y.; O’Donoghue, J. and Tracey, S. (2014)
  Creating Value for All Through IT: IFIP WG 8.6 Conference, Proceedings, pp. 345-354. DOI:10.1007/978-3-662-43459-8_23.
• Supporting LIFE: Mobile Health Application for Classifying, Treating and Monitoring Disease Outbreaks of Sick Children in Developing Countries
  O’Connor, Y., Hardy, V., Heavin, C., Gallagher, J., & O’Donoghue, J
  New Horizons in Design Science: Broadening the Research Agenda, pp. 366-370

---

Conference publications

• The Importance of Form Field Validation: Lessons Learnt from a Feasibility Study of an mHealth Application in Malawi, Africa
  O’Connor, Y., Hardy, V., Thompson, M., Mastellos, N., Tran, T., O’Donoghue, J., Chirambo GB., Andersson, B., Carlsson, S., Heavin, C., PACIS 2016 Proceedings
• Improving Primary Care in Developing Countries: The Potential of Electronic Community Case Management (eCCM) on Low Cost Mobile Technologies.
  Gallagher, J., O’Donoghue, J., O’Connor, S., O’Connor, Y. (2014) 
  AUDGPI (Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association of Departments of General Practice in Ireland) 2014.
• O’Connor, Y. and O’Donoghue, J. (2014): Community Health Workers Participations in m-Health Pilot Studies within Developing Countries: Expectation Management. HCist – International Conference on Health and Social Care Informations and Technologies.
  
• Wearable Vital Sign Sensors and Their Potential within Low and Middle Income Countries
  McCarthy, S., O’Connor, Y., Thompson, M., O’Sullivan, T., Ryan, D., O’Connor, S., Gallagher, J., Heavin, C., O’ Donoghue
  ECIS 2015 Research-in-Progress Papers