Can digital health technologies exacerbate the health gap? A clustering analysis of mothers’ opinions toward digitizing the maternal and child health handbook

Policy Development ◽

Digital Health ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Global Perspective ◽

Novel Technologies ◽

Child Public Health ◽

Abstract Digital Technologies have transformed many sectors in societies, and, increasingly, is changing the health care sector and health research. In comparison the potential of digital technologies in public health has been less explored. The workshop aims to address both the challenges and potentials of digital public health with focus on maternal and child public health. Presenters will provide examples of how digital technologies and digital health innovations can sustain and improve maternal and child health. The workshop presents three perspectives on digital maternal and child public health from different continents. This is a deliberate choice to highlight the universal and global relevance of digitalization in maternal and child public health. After the presentations, time is foreseen for a discussion on potential and limitations, as well as the generalizability of methods and results for maternal and child health globally, as well as on the question of governance in digital public health. The workshop topics will span from digital health information seeking to monitoring and the use of artificial intelligence for policy development. Each presentation covers a different technology or digital approach to public health. The presentations will critically explore how these technologies and approaches can improve public health from a local and global perspective, and will raise central issues, such as acceptance and availability of novel technologies, generalizability of results, governance and participatory approaches in the digital transformation in maternal and child health globally. Key messages Digital technologies can provide different impact for maternal and child public health depending on area of implementation, e.g. health promotion, policy development. Challenges and potentials range from specifically local and health-system related to globally generalizable factors.

Improving Maternal and Child Health Care: A Blueprint for Community Action in Pittsburgh Region: Summary

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e563542010-001 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Harold Alan Pincus ◽

Stephen B. Thomas ◽

Donna J. Keyser ◽

Nicholas Castle ◽

Jacob W. Dembosky ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Child Health ◽

Community Action ◽

Child Health Care ◽

The Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Initiative for Mental Health in Schools

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e573382011-001 ◽

1998 ◽

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Child Health ◽

Mental Health In Schools ◽

Child Abuse and Neglect: Maternal and Child Health Fact Sheet

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e665322007-001 ◽

2013 ◽

Keyword(s):

Child Abuse ◽

Child Health ◽

Child Abuse And Neglect ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

Abuse And Neglect ◽

Maternal and child health nurses’ experiences of implementing two community-based breastfeeding interventions in Victoria, Australia: A mixed methods process evaluation

Australian Journal of Child and Family Health Nursing ◽

10.33235/ajcfhn.16.1.4-14 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 4-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rhian L Cramer ◽

Helen L McLachlan ◽

Touran Shafiei ◽

Lisa H Amir ◽

Meabh Cullinane ◽

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Keyword(s):

Child Health ◽

Randomised Trial ◽

Cluster Randomised Trial ◽

Breastfeeding Initiation ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Breastfeeding Support ◽

Community Based ◽

Significant Drop ◽

Despite high rates of breastfeeding initiation in Australia, there is a significant drop in breastfeeding rates in the early postpartum period, and Australian government breastfeeding targets are not being met. The Supporting breastfeeding In Local Communities (SILC) trial was a three-arm cluster randomised trial implemented in 10 Victorian local government areas (LGAs). It aimed to determine whether early home-based breastfeeding support by a maternal and child health nurse (MCH nurse) with or without access to a community-based breastfeeding drop-in centre increased the proportion of infants receiving ‘any’ breast milk at four months. Focus groups, a written questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were undertaken to explore the interventions from the perspective of the SILC-MCH nurses (n=13) and coordinators (n=6), who established and implemented the interventions. Inductive thematic analysis was used to identify themes, then findings further examined using Diffusion of Innovations Theory as a framework. SILC-MCH nurses and coordinators reported high levels of satisfaction, valuing the opportunity to improve breastfeeding in our community; and having focused breastfeeding time with women in their own homes. They felt the SILC interventions offered benefits to women, nurses and the MCH service. Implementing new interventions into existing, complex community health services presented unforeseen challenges, which were different in each LGA and were in part due to the complexity of the individual LGAs and not the interventions themselves. These findings will help inform the planning and development of future programs aimed at improving breastfeeding and other interventions in MCH.