Abstract
The research presented within this article sets out to evaluate a conceptual framework, consisting of five phases, aimed at facilitating health-related technology transfer to and within sub-Saharan African countries. The framework is constructed using a grounded theory process and is subsequently quantitively evaluated via a questionnaire survey instrument with two five-point Likert Scale measurement items namely perceived ease of use and usefulness. The survey addresses practicality via a frequency analysis with the framework receiving a perceived ease of use score of 2.992 and a usefulness score of 4.032. The survey instrument addresses the versatility of the conceptual framework's intended geographic application area through a variance analysis. For the perceived ease of use measurement item, Western and Central Africa received statistically significant p-values of 0.01178 and 0.02288, respectively, highlighting discrepancies in perceived ease of use within the first two phases of the conceptual framework. No statistically significant variances are uncovered with respect to the usefulness measurement item. The final evaluation measure addresses utility via a regression analysis with the relationship between technology adoption and the five phases receiving p-values ranging from 0.643, 0.694, 0.751, 0.715, and 0.927.
Highlights
AND PROBLEM STATEMENT products and services are often hampered as a result of insufficient infrastructure throughout Sub-Saharan African (SSA) [5]–[7].Further investigation of literature reiterates the existence of a strong positive correlation between a country’s socioeconomic development and the collective level of healthcare service provision when considering access to healthcare services, quality of healthcare service provided and the number of active healthcare professionals [8], [9]
It is recommended that the following key areas should be evaluated: the market impact of the technology; the addition to the public value in the transfer environment; the political implications of the technology transfer (TT); the addition to the human capital base in the transfer environment; The Severity of the alterations required at the stage-gate feature; the addition to the economic development in the transfer environment; the opportunity cost for all stakeholders involved; and the technology’s improvement of the healthcare reach, cost, and effectiveness of the transfer environment
The data results of the survey presented within this article highlight the applicability, practicality, versatility, and utility of the conceptual framework
Summary
Further investigation of literature reiterates the existence of a strong positive correlation between a country’s socioeconomic development and the collective level of healthcare service provision when considering access to healthcare services, quality of healthcare service provided and the number of active healthcare professionals [8], [9] This is often a result of superior healthcare policies, available hard infrastructure and medical education facilities which are typically present within developed countries [2], [10]. A preliminary evaluation of several case studies uncovered a variety of healthcare technologies being pioneered in developed environments [11]–[13] As these technologies are largely constructed within first world countries with inter alia sufficient infrastructure and established and sustainable healthcare systems, they cannot merely be transplanted and immediately be successfully implemented in developing nations [14], [15]. Constraints such as widespread poverty, lacking education, healthcare systems and sanitation largely prohibit developing nations from adopting these technologies and there exists a need to adapt to the local environment [16]–[18]
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