Abstract

REIS, Zilma S Nogueira et al. Intervenção educativa no cuidado obstétrico através de um aplicativo para dispositivos móveis: APP Meu Pré-natal. RILP [online]. 2018, vol.33, pp.47-59.  Epub July 29, 2021. ISSN 2182-4452.  https://doi.org/10.31492/2184-2043.rilp2018.33/pp.47-59.

Introduction: Communication between health professionals and their patients has benefited with the popularization of mobile devices. This analysis intends to present an application aimed to women during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium period and set out the results of their dissemination in society. Methodology: Characterized as extension research, the APP - Meu Pre-natal project is an academic action focused on community spreading. Software development was conducted by a multidisciplinary team in the area of health and computing sciences. The content developed and validated provided scientifically-based texts in Portuguese, English and Spanish with language accessible to the general public, images and video, through an interface for easy and intuitive navigation among its modules. Hybrid development software was employed, and it is available for free from Internet application stores. Results: Between October 2016 and June 2017 the application was downloaded 19,364 times. Most from Android-type communication devices: 14,791 (76.4%). Users came from 81 countries. Conclusions: The rapid popularization and application scope make clear the importance of this communication channel for proposals of health education and the valorization of the academic certification of its contents by the user.

Keywords : prenatal; health education; community-institution relations; mobile devices.

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