Banca de DEFESA: LIZETH YUBALENA OROZCO BELTRAN

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DISCENTE : LIZETH YUBALENA OROZCO BELTRAN
DATA : 30/03/2020
HORA: 14:00
LOCAL: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva
TÍTULO:

IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO FOLLOW-UP AND PROMOTING CARE TO PREGNANT WOMEN

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Information Technology, Prenatal Care, Mobile Applications, mHealth.

PÁGINAS: 83
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências da Saúde
ÁREA: Saúde Coletiva
RESUMO:

Introduction: the incorporation of information technologies in healthcare is a growing process. Several mHealth initiatives have been designed to assist in vulnerable conditions such as pregnancy. There is little information on the conditions for the use of mobile information technologies by pregnant women in the Brazilian context.

Objectives: This research aimed to create an information technology to provide auxiliary information about prenatal care during the monitoring of pregnant women and to evaluate their perception of use and its immediate effect.

Methods: a mobile application in Web format (WebApp) was created to be used by women with usual risk pregnancies in a referral maternity hospital for a period of approximately three weeks. Two semi-structured interviews were applied to the participants before and after three weeks of using the WebApp. A content analysis of the interviews was carried out. Other social, demographic and obstetric characteristics were obtained to contextualize our results.

Results: The participants shared some degree of need for information. Information technologies (internet, applications) were the most frequently used means of information and considered most useful in the active search for information. The pregnant woman's notebook was the least sought-after medium, but considered to be of acceptable utility. Mobile applications were considered as additional sources of information with characteristics such as speed, clarity and availability of audiovisual resources that help to inform themselves. Characteristics such as simple structure, clear and understandable language were highlighted as positive points for the use of the WebApp, although difficulties in access, and the lack of audiovisual resources were cited as negative points.

Discussion: the use of technological resources was not affected by education, income, number of children, previous pregnancies, but the need for information could differ according to the care received, the gestational age and the number of children. As highlighted in other research, the inclusion of audiovisual resources and interactive tools is increasingly relevant.

Conclusions: during pregnancy there is a need to inform yourself about several aspects, mobile information technologies are often used as a source of information. In this sense, it is important to strengthen the design of these technologies based on the knowledge of the target population's information needs, as well as their context.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 282895 - EDUARDO LUIZ ANDRADE MOTA
Externo à Instituição - MARCIO ALAZRAQUI
Externo à Instituição - MONICA ALMEIDA NERI - UFBA