Access and use of mobile health applications among Medicaid-insured pregnant and postpartum individuals

IF 3.4 3区医学 Q1 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

Health Policy and Technology Pub Date : 2024-04-26 DOI:10.1016/j.hlpt.2024.100867

Naleef Fareed , Shirley Dong , Jiqiang Wu , Anastasia Matthews , Anna Bartholomew , Courtney D. Lynch , William A Grobman , Kartik K Venkatesh

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Abstract

Mobile health applications can address health disparities in prenatal care due to adverse social determinants of health. We assessed the uptake and use of, preferences for, and barriers to mobile health applications among Medicaid-insured pregnant and postpartum individuals enrolled in prenatal care from March to May 2021. Medicaid-insured pregnant and postpartum individuals frequently used (56 %) and were potentially interested in using (90 %) mobile health applications for health-related tasks and had reliable internet access to do so (94 %). Over two fifths (44 %) reported barriers to using mobile health applications. Further research is needed to understand whether using mobile health applications to address social needs in the peripartum period can affect prenatal care utilization and decrease health disparities.

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医疗补助参保的孕妇和产后妇女获取和使用移动医疗应用程序的情况

移动医疗应用可以解决产前护理中由于不利的社会健康决定因素而造成的健康差异。我们评估了 2021 年 3 月至 5 月参加产前护理的医疗补助参保孕妇和产后妇女对移动医疗应用程序的接受和使用情况、偏好和障碍。医疗补助参保的孕妇和产后妇女经常使用（56%）和可能有兴趣使用（90%）移动医疗应用程序来完成与健康相关的任务，并且有可靠的互联网接入（94%）。超过五分之二（44%）的人表示使用移动医疗应用程序存在障碍。要了解使用移动医疗应用来满足围产期的社会需求是否会影响产前护理的利用率并减少健康差异，还需要进一步的研究。

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Health Policy and Technology Medicine-Health Policy

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9.20

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88 days

期刊介绍： Health Policy and Technology (HPT), is the official journal of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine (FPM), a cross-disciplinary journal, which focuses on past, present and future health policy and the role of technology in clinical and non-clinical national and international health environments. HPT provides a further excellent way for the FPM to continue to make important national and international contributions to development of policy and practice within medicine and related disciplines. The aim of HPT is to publish relevant, timely and accessible articles and commentaries to support policy-makers, health professionals, health technology providers, patient groups and academia interested in health policy and technology. Topics covered by HPT will include: - Health technology, including drug discovery, diagnostics, medicines, devices, therapeutic delivery and eHealth systems - Cross-national comparisons on health policy using evidence-based approaches - National studies on health policy to determine the outcomes of technology-driven initiatives - Cross-border eHealth including health tourism - The digital divide in mobility, access and affordability of healthcare - Health technology assessment (HTA) methods and tools for evaluating the effectiveness of clinical and non-clinical health technologies - Health and eHealth indicators and benchmarks (measure/metrics) for understanding the adoption and diffusion of health technologies - Health and eHealth models and frameworks to support policy-makers and other stakeholders in decision-making - Stakeholder engagement with health technologies (clinical and patient/citizen buy-in) - Regulation and health economics