ArticleNPJ digital medicine2023
Personalization and localization as key expectations of digital health intervention in women pre- to post-pregnancy.
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- Association of Digital Health Interventions With Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Digital versus non-digital health interventions to improve iron supplementation in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Digital Health Intervention on Awareness of Vaccination Against Influenza Among Adults With Diabetes: Pragmatic Randomized Follow-Up Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Shaping Adoption and Sustained Use Across the Maternal Journey: Qualitative Study on Perceived Usability and Credibility in Digital Health Tools.JMIR human factors · 2024Trial
- Advancing foundational models in digital health technology adoption: A systematic literature review of multidisciplinary factors.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Consumer and Health Care Professional Perspectives on a Digital Platform to Support Preventive Antenatal Care: Qualitative Descriptive Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Home Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring in Pregnancy: Patient Experience and Acceptance in the Era of Digital Prenatal Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effective monitoring of online AI decision-making algorithms in just-in-time adaptive interventions.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Adherence to digital pregnancy care - lessons learned from the SMART start feasibility study.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- N-of-1 medicine.Singapore medical journal · 2024Article
- Digital health in perinatal care: Exploring usage, attitudes, and needs among Swiss women in urban and rural settings.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
Health behaviors before, during and after pregnancy can have lasting effects on maternal and infant health outcomes. Although digital health interventions (DHIs) have potential as a pertinent avenue to deliver mechanisms for a healthy behavior change, its success is reliant on addressing the user needs. Accordingly, the current study aimed to understand DHI needs and expectations of women before, during and after pregnancy to inform and optimize future DHI developments. Forty-four women (13 pre-, 16 during and 15 postpregnancy; age range = 21-40 years) completed a 60-minute, semistructured, qualitative interview exploring participant's experience in their current phase, experience with digital health tools, and their needs and expectations of DHIs. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed. From the interviews, two core concepts emerged-personalization and localization of DHI. Between both concepts, five themes and nine subthemes were identified. Themes and subthemes within personalization cover ideas of two-way interactivity, journey organization based on phases and circumstances, and privacy trade-off. Themes and subthemes within localization cover ideas of access to local health-related resources and information, and connecting to local communities through anecdotal stories. Here we report, through understanding user needs and expectations, the key elements for the development and optimization of a successful DHI for women before, during and after pregnancy. To potentially empower downstream DHI implementation and adoption, these insights can serve as a foundation in the initial innovation process for DHI developers and be further built upon through a continued co-design process.
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