Reaching women through health information technology: the Gabby preconception care system
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Gardiner, PaulaHempstead, Megan B.
Ring, Lazlo
Bickmore, Timothy
Yinusa-Nyahkoon, Leanne
Tran, Huong
Paasche-Orlow, Michael
Damus, Karla
Jack, Brian
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthCenter for Integrated Primary Care
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2013-01-02Keywords
Preconception CareHealth IT
Health Care Disparities
Low Birth Weight
Prevention Research
Behavioral Medicine
Health Information Technology
Integrative Medicine
Public Health Education and Promotion
Women's Health
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PURPOSE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have endorsed the concept of preconception care (PCC). New tools must be developed to promote PCC. DESIGN: Development and testing of a health information technology system to provide PCC. SETTING: An urban safety net hospital and an urban university. SUBJECTS: Community recruitment of 31 women in focus groups and 15 women participating in observed usability testing; 9 students recruited from the Office of Minority Health Preconception Peer Educators program participated in pilot testing for 2 months. INTERVENTION: Online interactive animated character ("Gabby") designed to identify and modify preconception risks. MEASURES: Qualitative transcripts, preconception risk assessment, server data for system usage, self-administered satisfaction surveys, and follow-up phone calls. ANALYSIS: Descriptive statistics of subjects' demographics, satisfaction, PCC risks, and system usage. Transcripts coded using NVIVO. RESULTS: Subjects (n = 24) reported an average of 23 preconception risks; in the pilot, 83% of risks added to the "My Health To-Do List" were addressed by the subject. Seventy-three percent of risks identified as contemplative progressed to action or maintenance. Differences were noted in effectiveness of the system based on initial stage of change for each risk. CONCLUSION: Results suggest that the PCC system could be effective in influencing positive behavior change. Adding stage of change-focused functionality might have added benefits. This system has great potential to assist in the delivery of PCC.Source
Am J Health Promot. 2013 Jan-Feb;27(3 Suppl):eS11-20. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.1200113-QUAN-18. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.4278/ajhp.1200113-QUAN-18Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26822PubMed ID
23286652Notes
At the time of publication, Paula Gardiner was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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