Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review
Background In today's society, people are experiencing the rapid development of digitalisation. Expecting parents may have difficulties evaluating the information online; they are not always sure which sources of information are trustworthy, and this exacerbates their feelings of anxiety. More...
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| author | Caroline Bäckström Kristina Carlén Viveca Larsson Lena Birgitta Mårtensson Stina Thorstensson Marina Berglund Therese Larsson Björn Bouwmeester Marie Wilhsson Margaretha Larsson |
| author_facet | Caroline Bäckström Kristina Carlén Viveca Larsson Lena Birgitta Mårtensson Stina Thorstensson Marina Berglund Therese Larsson Björn Bouwmeester Marie Wilhsson Margaretha Larsson |
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| description | Background In today's society, people are experiencing the rapid development of digitalisation. Expecting parents may have difficulties evaluating the information online; they are not always sure which sources of information are trustworthy, and this exacerbates their feelings of anxiety. More research is needed to broaden the knowledge about how their use of digital sources may influence their health. Question The focus of this study was to explore expecting parents’ use of digital sources and how this influences their health during pregnancy. Methods A systematic review covered the thematic analysis of 39 articles. Findings The analysis resulted in the following theme: The digitalised society involves both opportunities and challenges, and expecting parents express a need for a variety of digital sources to improve their health, and sub-themes: Digital sources could promote parents’ health and well-being in a digitalised society ; Consuming digital health information facilitates understanding, different feelings and social connections ; and A variety of digital sources may facilitate parental identification and adaption to parenthood. Conclusion Different digital sources in our digitalised society mean access to information and opportunities to extend social connections for expecting parents. This can promote their ability to understand and adapt to parenthood, as well as to improve their health and well-being and make the parental transition. However, professional support during face-to-face consultations cannot always be exchanged to digital sources. It is important to base digital sources devoted to expecting parents and digitalisation overall on multi-sectorial collaborations and coordination between different organisations and the digital sources they provide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3bb5d88cf5c744f58db74fd1767d8afd2022-12-22T00:10:31ZengSAGE PublishingDigital Health2055-20762022-04-01810.1177/20552076221090335Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic reviewCaroline Bäckström0Kristina Carlén1Viveca Larsson2Lena Birgitta Mårtensson3Stina Thorstensson4Marina Berglund5Therese Larsson6Björn Bouwmeester7Marie Wilhsson8Margaretha Larsson9 School of Health Sciences, , Sweden School of Health Sciences, , Sweden School of Health Sciences, , Sweden School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia School of Health Sciences, , Sweden School of Health Sciences, , Sweden School of Health Sciences, , Sweden School of Health Sciences, , Sweden School of Health Sciences, , Sweden School of Health Sciences, , SwedenBackground In today's society, people are experiencing the rapid development of digitalisation. Expecting parents may have difficulties evaluating the information online; they are not always sure which sources of information are trustworthy, and this exacerbates their feelings of anxiety. More research is needed to broaden the knowledge about how their use of digital sources may influence their health. Question The focus of this study was to explore expecting parents’ use of digital sources and how this influences their health during pregnancy. Methods A systematic review covered the thematic analysis of 39 articles. Findings The analysis resulted in the following theme: The digitalised society involves both opportunities and challenges, and expecting parents express a need for a variety of digital sources to improve their health, and sub-themes: Digital sources could promote parents’ health and well-being in a digitalised society ; Consuming digital health information facilitates understanding, different feelings and social connections ; and A variety of digital sources may facilitate parental identification and adaption to parenthood. Conclusion Different digital sources in our digitalised society mean access to information and opportunities to extend social connections for expecting parents. This can promote their ability to understand and adapt to parenthood, as well as to improve their health and well-being and make the parental transition. However, professional support during face-to-face consultations cannot always be exchanged to digital sources. It is important to base digital sources devoted to expecting parents and digitalisation overall on multi-sectorial collaborations and coordination between different organisations and the digital sources they provide.https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221090335 |
| spellingShingle | Caroline Bäckström Kristina Carlén Viveca Larsson Lena Birgitta Mårtensson Stina Thorstensson Marina Berglund Therese Larsson Björn Bouwmeester Marie Wilhsson Margaretha Larsson Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review Digital Health |
| title | Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review |
| title_full | Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review |
| title_short | Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review |
| title_sort | expecting parents use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society a systematic review |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221090335 |
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