Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health

Tomlinson, Mark; Lee, Adabel; Jones, Erynne

doi:10.1155/2012/973237

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“…1 Specifically there has been very little research on the use and impacts of smartphone apps and social media as they are used as part of pregnancy and parenting practices. At the time of writing there were very few academic papers on this topic [1][2][3][4][5].…”

Section: Maternal Subjects As Expert Patientsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore apps and social media are not simply sources of information, but also act as performative devices in that they prompt or provoke women to act on and through their bodies via these devices. 3 These devices are designed to help women (and their partners)…”

Section: The "Device-ification" Of Maternal Subjectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These -maternal devices‖ prompt the user in particular ways, making suggestions and connections and encouraging them to invest in, make sense of and act upon particular principles. These devices produce 3 The term -devices‖ is adopted from Kane Race [30]. In his research on hydration practices, Race reappropriates Michel Callon and colleagues' [31] use of the concept -market devices‖ in order to consider how certain online functions, including self-assessment tools, act as calculative devices.…”

Section: The "Device-ification" Of Maternal Subjectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“Maternal Devices”, Social Media and the Self-Management of Pregnancy, Mothering and Child Health

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Abstract:In recent years the smartphone has revolutionised lay people's management of health and illness, particularly in regards to pregnancy and parenting. This article analyses smartphone applications, or apps, and social media platforms as mediating technologies which act as performative devices. These devices encourage particular enactments of subjectivity and technologies of the self which combine the expert patient ideal with ideologies of mothering. Some apps and social media can be disciplinary and invoke biological responsibility in various ways including the monitoring of specific behaviours via -push responsibilisation‖. Apps claim to allow for greater convenience, connectivity, flexibility, efficiency, and what will be characterised in this article as the -tidbitisation‖ of information. This article suggests the ways in which health-conscious pregnant or maternal subjects are likely to view apps and social media sites as a means to improve and monitor their pregnancies, health, and their children's development and health.

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Section: Maternal Subjects As Expert Patientsmentioning

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“…The World Health Organisation (WHO) prioritised improvement in maternal health, including management of GDM, as one of its Millennium Development Goals (MDG) [1] [2]. However, the rapid rise in the incidence of GDM reduces the likelihood of attaining this goal [3].…”

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The Effectiveness of Glyburide Compared to Insulin in the Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review

Odiba¹,

Mabhala²

2015

JDM

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Background: Insulin therapy has been the mainstay in managing women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), but some disadvantages of insulin have led to the use of glyburide, which is inexpensive in some countries, to manage GDM. However, there has been debate over its effectiveness, efficacy and safety when compared to insulin for maternal glycaemic control, and some adverse neonatal outcomes in GDM. Method: A systematic review of eight randomised controlled trial (RCT) studies was undertaken to compare glyburide and insulin. Studies involving 849 participants were included in the quantitative analysis. Results: There was no significant difference between glyburide and insulin in maternal fasting (P = 0.09; SMD: 0.13; 95% CI: −0.02 to 0.28) and postprandial (P = 0.45; SMD: 0.05; 95% CI: −0.09 to 0.19) glycaemic control and glycosylated haemoglobin (P = 0.35; SMD: 0.08; 95% CI: −0.08 to 0.24). When compared with insulin, glyburide had an increase risk ratio (RR) for neonatal hypoglycaemia (P = 0.0002; RR: 2.27; 95% CI: 1.47 to 3.51) and large for gestational age babies (P = 0.03; RR: 1.60; 95% CI: 1.06 to 2.41). Estimation of standard mean difference shows that neonatal birth weight was significantly higher in subjects receiving glyburide than in the insulin group (P = 0.002; SMD: 0.21; 95% CI: 0.08 to 0.35). Conclusions: Glyburide was seen to be clinically effective and a safer alternative to insulin for maternal glycaemic control in GDM women. It is affordable, convenient and requires no comprehensive educative training at the time of initiation of therapy. However, its adverse outcomes-neonatal hypoglycaemia, high neonatal birth weight and large for gestational age babies-call for careful monitoring of GDM patients for any need for supplemental insulin.

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“…The following framework of Rotheram-Borus et al [29] for mHealth APE using phones is adopted for this study. potential [17], [18].…”

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Comparison on the Use of Smartphone Application between International and Korean Pregnant Women

Jihye¹,

Iftekhar²

2016

IJIET

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Abstract-Antenatal parent education(APE) is the key to solve numerous contemporary issues using education such as lessening brain development gap and reducing maternal and infantile mortality. Many researchers have examined existing APE on and off-line which have shown merits as well as limitations. Many of them urged research on alternatives to compensate the limitations, and the potential of education using ICTs such as Smartphone has been highlighted more recently. This study aims to analyze the current APE using Smartphone application comparing international users and Korean users with content analysis to conceptualize Smartphone efficiency for APE. The finding of content analysis was that parents need informing and supporting functions the most. Monitoring and shaping functions were regarded useful among users in terms of personalized APE. This result was accorded to both international and Korean users.

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Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health

Cited by 50 publications

References 48 publications

“Maternal Devices”, Social Media and the Self-Management of Pregnancy, Mothering and Child Health

“Maternal Devices”, Social Media and the Self-Management of Pregnancy, Mothering and Child Health

The Effectiveness of Glyburide Compared to Insulin in the Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review

Comparison on the Use of Smartphone Application between International and Korean Pregnant Women

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