What About Mom? Teen: Usability of a Postpartum App for Teen Mothers

IF 0.4 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI:10.1080/15398285.2022.2109096

Cassidy Faught, C. Howe, A. Raines-Milenkov, Teresa Wagner

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Abstract Introduction There exists a paucity of literature on availability of health literate, virtual postpartum symptom education empowering adolescent moms to seek urgent medical care when needed. With few postpartum health-related Apps on the market, a gap remains in research of their potential to deliver postpartum symptom instruction. This study examined the usability of the What About Mom App? for adolescent mothers to identify and act on urgent complications potentially reducing morbidity and mortality for this high-risk group. Methods Participants were recruited via email lists and social media of community partners serving new mothers in both English and Spanish in the United States. Participants completed a survey that assessed their e-health literacy and perception of the quality and usability of the What About Mom Apps ? using the User Version Mobility Assessment Rating Scale (uMARS). Results After data cleaning, 159 credible responses were retained for analysis. Participant mean total score for eHEALS was 30.2 (range 9–40; SD 5.9) indicating adequate e-health literacy. The uMARS scores indicate the quality and usability of the app. Compared with the norms in each of the uMARS domains, Functionality was the only category that scored below the standard. Qualitative suggestions were made from the participants to improve Functionality. Discussion The uMARS scores added valuable information to modify the What About Mom App? to improve ease of delivery of health literate postpartum health information. Apps including The What About Mom App? offer promising interventions that can help increase healthcare engagement for moms of all ages to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.

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妈妈呢？青少年：产后应用程序对青少年母亲的可用性

摘要引言缺乏关于健康知识、虚拟产后症状教育的可用性的文献，这些教育使青春期母亲能够在需要时寻求紧急医疗护理。由于市场上很少有产后健康相关的应用程序，对其提供产后症状指导的潜力的研究仍然存在差距。这项研究考察了What About Mom应用程序的可用性？让青春期母亲识别紧急并发症并采取行动，这可能会降低这一高危人群的发病率和死亡率。方法通过电子邮件列表和社交媒体招募参与者，社区合作伙伴为美国新妈妈提供英语和西班牙语服务。参与者完成了一项调查，评估了他们的电子健康素养以及对妈妈应用程序的质量和可用性的看法？使用用户版本移动性评估评级量表（uMARS）。结果数据清理后，保留了159个可信的应答进行分析。参与者的eHEALS平均总分为30.2（范围为9-40；SD 5.9），表明其具备足够的电子健康素养。uMARS分数表示应用程序的质量和可用性。与每个uMARS领域的标准相比，功能是唯一得分低于标准的类别。参与者提出了改进功能的定性建议。讨论uMARS分数为修改妈妈应用程序添加了有价值的信息？以提高提供健康知识产后健康信息的便利性。应用程序包括“妈妈怎么办”应用程序？提供有前景的干预措施，有助于提高所有年龄段母亲的医疗参与度，以降低孕产妇发病率和死亡率。

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Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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1.30

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet is the only professional peer-reviewed journal devoted to locating consumer health information via the Internet. In this journal librarians and health information providers describe programs and services aimed at helping patients and the general public find the health information they need. From the Editor: "Studies have shown that health information is one of the major reasons that people worldwide access the Internet. As the amount of health information on the Web increases exponentially, it becomes critical that librarians-including public and medical librarians-be knowledgeable about what is available online and be able to direct users to reliable, accurate, quality information."