Texting Condolences: Adapting mHealth Programs After Unexpected Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes

Mobile health (mHealth) short message system (SMS) interventions for maternal and child health (MCH) are being implemented globally. In many low- and middle-income settings in which these mHealth interventions are being rolled out, stillbirths and neonatal and infant deaths are common. It is importa...

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Autores principales: Unger, Jennifer A, Kinuthia, John, John-Stewart, Grace
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5741824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29222078
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.8303
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description Mobile health (mHealth) short message system (SMS) interventions for maternal and child health (MCH) are being implemented globally. In many low- and middle-income settings in which these mHealth interventions are being rolled out, stillbirths and neonatal and infant deaths are common. It is important that mHealth solutions do not exacerbate emotional stress and pain by continuing with routine messaging for pregnancy or infant care when someone has experienced loss. In this brief viewpoint paper, we argue that SMS programs for maternal and child health need to adapt and make available messaging for miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss.
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spelling pubmed-57418242018-01-02 Texting Condolences: Adapting mHealth Programs After Unexpected Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes Unger, Jennifer A Kinuthia, John John-Stewart, Grace JMIR Mhealth Uhealth Viewpoint Mobile health (mHealth) short message system (SMS) interventions for maternal and child health (MCH) are being implemented globally. In many low- and middle-income settings in which these mHealth interventions are being rolled out, stillbirths and neonatal and infant deaths are common. It is important that mHealth solutions do not exacerbate emotional stress and pain by continuing with routine messaging for pregnancy or infant care when someone has experienced loss. In this brief viewpoint paper, we argue that SMS programs for maternal and child health need to adapt and make available messaging for miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss. JMIR Publications 2017-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5741824/ /pubmed/29222078 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.8303 Text en ©Jennifer A Unger, John Kinuthia, Grace John-Stewart. Originally published in JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth (http://mhealth.jmir.org), 08.12.2017. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://mhealth.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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