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Article

Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women

by
Sabiha Khanum
1,
Maria De Lourdes De Souza
2,
Ali Sayyed
3,* and
Najma Naz
4
1
Postgraduate Program in Nursing (PEN), Department of Nursing, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
2
Postgraduate Program in Nursing (PEN), Repensul Institute, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
3
Department of Computer Science, CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences, Phase-VI, Hayatabad, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
4
Postgraduate College of Nursing, Phase-V, Hayatabad, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Technologies 2017, 5(4), 80; https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies5040080
Submission received: 23 September 2017 / Revised: 30 October 2017 / Accepted: 5 December 2017 / Published: 7 December 2017
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All pregnant women need easy access to pregnancy-related personalized information, on-time quality healthcare services and effective communication links with healthcare providers. Smartphone-based devices, communication systems and eHealth applications can play an important role in facilitating some of these services to pregnant women in a fast and efficient way and can thus prevent most of the pregnancy-related complications. The objective of this work is to propose and design a pregnancy care network for pregnant women and healthcare providers. The network model, an eHealth application based on smartphone-based devices and communication systems, is designed to strengthen communication links between health professionals and pregnant women and increase education, awareness and quality of care during pregnancy and childbirth.
Keywords: networks; maternal mortality; nursing care; pregnancy care; eHealth; telehealth networks; maternal mortality; nursing care; pregnancy care; eHealth; telehealth
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Khanum, S.; De Souza, M.D.L.; Sayyed, A.; Naz, N. Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women. Technologies 2017, 5, 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies5040080

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Khanum S, De Souza MDL, Sayyed A, Naz N. Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women. Technologies. 2017; 5(4):80. https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies5040080

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Khanum, Sabiha, Maria De Lourdes De Souza, Ali Sayyed, and Najma Naz. 2017. "Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women" Technologies 5, no. 4: 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies5040080

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Khanum, S., De Souza, M. D. L., Sayyed, A., & Naz, N. (2017). Designing a Pregnancy Care Network for Pregnant Women. Technologies, 5(4), 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies5040080

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