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Mobile Health Integration in Pregnancy

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Healthcare is one of the primary matters in human life. It becomes a more significant period during pregnancy, as a woman’s body is resourcing for two lives. Pregnancy is a challenging period, since pregnant women not only undergo unexpected physical and psychological changes, but they also have continuous concerns, because childbirth and motherhood alter their lives in distinct ways. Hence, they are in need of a diverse support. Pregnancy experiences have started to change in parallel to the changes in the information and communication technologies. Traditional health management has been redefined with the mobile technologies, and smartphones and applications have taken the lead. Increasing numbers of pregnancy applications have entered to the market with far-reaching benefits, yet they fell short to be integrated into the daily lives of pregnant women. In order to realize the acceptance, adoption, and smooth integration of mobile health (mHealth) into the daily lives of pregnant women, pregnancy technologies should not be merely information providers, decision-makers, or problem solvers. In fact, they should go beyond that by making pregnant women feel better and enhancing their wellness holistically. In this chapter, pregnant women’s interactions with mobile pregnancy applications were reported conducting the study with 33 pregnant women in different trimesters. Results presented that needs, concerns, and expectations may change according to different pregnancy trimesters and pregnant women types. Based on the results of the study and positive psychology literature, design implications and information, communication, and interaction qualities for pregnancy applications were discussed in relation to positive user experience dimensions with mobile pregnancy technologies that can provide more satisfactory and happy user experiences.

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    Asli Günay & Çiğdem Erbuğ

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  1. The Research Institute, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Emre Sezgin

  2. Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Middle East Technical University, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey

    Soner Yildirim

  3. School of Informatics, Middle East Technical University, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey

    Sevgi Özkan-Yildirim

  4. Faculty of Education, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey

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Günay, A., Erbuğ, Ç. (2018). Mobile Health Integration in Pregnancy. In: Sezgin, E., Yildirim, S., Özkan-Yildirim, S., Sumuer, E. (eds) Current and Emerging mHealth Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73135-3_5

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