A Mobile Education and Social Support Group Intervention for Improving Postpartum Health in Northern India: Development and Usability Study.
Alison Marie El AyadiMona DuggalRashmi BaggaPushpendra SinghVijay KumarAlka AhujaAnkita KankariaDarshan Hosapatna BasavarajappaJasmeet KaurPreetika SharmaSwati GuptaRuchita S PendseLaura WeilDallas T SwendemanNadia G Diamond-SmithPublished in: JMIR formative research (2022)
The intervention was considered generally feasible and acceptable, and protocol adjustments were identified to improve intervention delivery and engagement. To address technological issues, we engaged a cloud-based service provider for group calls and an interactive voice response service provider for educational recordings and developed a smartphone app for the participants. We seek to overcome sociocultural challenges through new strategies for increasing group engagement, including targeting midlevel female community health care providers as moderators. Our second pilot will assess intervention feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness at 6 months. Ultimately, we seek to support the health and well-being of postpartum women and their infants in South Asia and beyond through the development of efficient, acceptable, and effective intervention strategies.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- randomized controlled trial
- mental health
- social support
- public health
- study protocol
- depressive symptoms
- health information
- social media
- primary care
- systematic review
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- electronic health record
- risk assessment
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- drug delivery
- health promotion