Development and Effect of a Web-based Child Health Care Program for the Staff at Child Daycare Centers

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate child health-care coordinators’ experiences of being a facilitator for the implementation of a new national child health-care programme in the form of a web-based national guide. Methods: The study was based on eight remote, online focus groups, using Skype for Business. A qualitative content analysis was performed. Results: The analysis generated three categories: adapt to a local context, transition challenges and led by strong incentives. There were eight subcategories. In the latent analysis, the theme ‘Being a facilitator: a complex role’ was formed to express the child health-care coordinators’ experiences. Conclusions: Facilitating a national guideline or decision support in a local context is a complex task that requires an advocating and mediating role. For successful implementation, guidelines and decision support, such as a web-based guide and the new child health-care programme, must match professional consensus and needs and be seen as relevant by all. Participation in the development and a strong bottom-up approach was important, making the web-based guide and the programme relevant to whom it is intended to serve, and for successful implementation. The study contributes valuable knowledge when planning to implement a national web-based decision support and policy programme in a local health-care context.

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Nurses’ Use of a Web-Based National Guide for Child Health Care

CIN Computers Informatics Nursing ◽

10.1097/cin.0000000000000229 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 34 (5) ◽

pp. 197-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Johanna Tell ◽

Ewy Olander ◽

Peter Anderberg ◽

Johan Sanmartin Berglund

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Child Health ◽

Child Health Care ◽

Web Based

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Adaptive Multi-Services System for Maternal and Child Health Care on Mobile Application (AM-Care)

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics ◽

10.4018/jhisi.2010070103 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 27-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Walisa Romsaiyud ◽

Wichian Premchaiswadi

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Child Health ◽

Maternal And Child Health ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Health Management ◽

Child Health Care ◽

Web Based ◽

Fully Integrated ◽

Care Services ◽

And Child Health

Addressing efforts towards the improvement of maternal and child health management can often prove to be problematic in context to successfully obtaining healthcare and medical treatment information from health care professionals. In this regard, the authors propose an adaptive multi-service system that contains fully integrated health care services, medical treatment services, and maternal and child health management. The system utilized both web-based and mobile technology for implementing the application. A practical framework for generating individual maternal and child health care is also presented from data repositories and fully integrated functional health care services to support an improved quality of life for both mother and children. The application, namely AM-Care, consists of the three main components, i.e., Control Centre Component, Web-based Components, and Mobile Components. Also, AM-Care has the important add-on features such as emergency services and warning services.

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