"Now, I have my baby so I don't go anywhere": A mixed method approach to the 'everyday' and young motherhood integrating qualitative interviews and passive digital data from mobile devices.
Brandon A KohrtDamaris Lopez MercadoAnubhuti PoudyalDörte BemmeClare BooneAlastair van HeerdenPrabin ByanjankarSujen Man MaharjanAda ThapaBrandon A KohrtPublished in: PloS one (2022)
The impacts of early pregnancy and young motherhood on everyday life, including interpersonal and individual behavior, are not well-known. Passive digital sensing on mobile technology including smartphones and passive Bluetooth beacons can yield information such as geographic movement, physical activity, and mother-infant proximity to illuminate behavioral patterns of a mother's everyday in Nepal. We contribute to mixed-methods research by triangulating passive sensing data (GPS, accelerometry, Bluetooth proximity) with multiple forms of qualitative data to characterize behavioral patterns and experiences of young motherhood in the first year postpartum. We triangulated this digital information in a constant comparative analysis with in-depth interviews, daily diaries, and fieldnotes. We reveal typical behavioral patterns of rural young mothers and highlight opportunities for integrating this information to improve health and well-being.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- electronic health record
- middle aged
- health information
- big data
- healthcare
- mental health
- public health
- systematic review
- south africa
- clinical trial
- body mass index
- data analysis
- tertiary care
- randomized controlled trial
- study protocol
- optical coherence tomography
- dna methylation
- climate change
- risk assessment
- machine learning
- sleep quality