Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women
All pregnant women need easy access to pregnancy-related personalized information, on-time quality healthcare services and effective communication links with healthcare providers. Smartphone-based devices, communication systems and eHealth applications can play an important role in facilitating some...
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| author | Sabiha Khanum Maria de Lourdes de Souza Ali Sayyed Najma Naz |
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| description | All pregnant women need easy access to pregnancy-related personalized information, on-time quality healthcare services and effective communication links with healthcare providers. Smartphone-based devices, communication systems and eHealth applications can play an important role in facilitating some of these services to pregnant women in a fast and efficient way and can thus prevent most of the pregnancy-related complications. The objective of this work is to propose and design a pregnancy care network for pregnant women and healthcare providers. The network model, an eHealth application based on smartphone-based devices and communication systems, is designed to strengthen communication links between health professionals and pregnant women and increase education, awareness and quality of care during pregnancy and childbirth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-260409f9262244d79ec41ca092f68e7a2022-12-22T01:08:01ZengMDPI AGTechnologies2227-70802017-12-01548010.3390/technologies5040080technologies5040080Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant WomenSabiha Khanum0Maria de Lourdes de Souza1Ali Sayyed2Najma Naz3Postgraduate Program in Nursing (PEN), Department of Nursing, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, BrazilPostgraduate Program in Nursing (PEN), Repensul Institute, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, BrazilDepartment of Computer Science, CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences, Phase-VI, Hayatabad, Peshawar 25000, PakistanPostgraduate College of Nursing, Phase-V, Hayatabad, Peshawar 25000, PakistanAll pregnant women need easy access to pregnancy-related personalized information, on-time quality healthcare services and effective communication links with healthcare providers. Smartphone-based devices, communication systems and eHealth applications can play an important role in facilitating some of these services to pregnant women in a fast and efficient way and can thus prevent most of the pregnancy-related complications. The objective of this work is to propose and design a pregnancy care network for pregnant women and healthcare providers. The network model, an eHealth application based on smartphone-based devices and communication systems, is designed to strengthen communication links between health professionals and pregnant women and increase education, awareness and quality of care during pregnancy and childbirth.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/5/4/80networksmaternal mortalitynursing carepregnancy careeHealthtelehealth |
| spellingShingle | Sabiha Khanum Maria de Lourdes de Souza Ali Sayyed Najma Naz Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women Technologies networks maternal mortality nursing care pregnancy care eHealth telehealth |
| title | Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women |
| title_full | Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women |
| title_fullStr | Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women |
| title_short | Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women |
| title_sort | designing a pregnancy care network for pregnant women |
| topic | networks maternal mortality nursing care pregnancy care eHealth telehealth |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/5/4/80 |
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