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Jaspal Sandhu, PhD Candidate UC Berkeley and Fulbright Fellow

December 6th, 2007, 5:00 PM Room 305, Building No.5 NUM

Transition, Technology, and Community Health Workers: Bagiin Emch in Mongolia

Jaspal Sandhu
Jaspal Sandhu
Bagiin emch, mid-level health professionals that work in the Mongolian countryside, are a critical part of the national health care system, providing primary care to pastoralist households that would otherwise be unable to access health services. This research is focused on developing a comprehensive understanding of information management practices of bagiin emch in order to design improved information systems to support their work.  The talk will discuss key issues of a workforce in transition and how these relate to the design and use of technology. The primary fieldwork in this research consists of short-term participant observation with bagiin emch from 15 sums in 3 aimags.

Jaspal S. Sandhu is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley and a Fulbright scholar in Mongolia. His research focuses on the use of human-centered design methods to improve technology for rural health. In addition to Mongolia, he has worked on projects with rural populations in California, India, Guatemala, and Uganda. He received his Master's and Bachelor's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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