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Informatics Interventions for Maternal Morbidity: Scoping Review

Informatics Interventions for Maternal Morbidity: Scoping Review

Informatics interventions offer tools that can help to prevent perinatal health conditions that have long-term health consequences for mothers, monitor these conditions in the perinatal period so that mother and baby remain healthy, and follow mothers post partum to ensure that they continue to receive the health monitoring they need. Technology-based tools that can be used for these purposes include mobile apps, wearable technology, physician decision support, and telehealth, among others.

Jill Inderstrodt, Julia C Stumpff, Rebecca C Smollen, Shreya Sridhar, Sarah A El-Azab, Opeyemi Ojo, Brendan Bowns, David A Haggstrom

Interact J Med Res 2025;14:e64826

Assessing the Impact of Distance Traveled and Birth Volumes of Hospital Maternity Units on Newborn Outcomes: Population-Based Cohort Study

Assessing the Impact of Distance Traveled and Birth Volumes of Hospital Maternity Units on Newborn Outcomes: Population-Based Cohort Study

Driven by a commitment to improving maternal and neonatal outcomes, several European health care systems, including the Italian National Health Service (NHS) have embraced the regionalization of perinatal care in large maternity units since the 1980s. Perinatal regionalization aims to optimize access to quality care by organizing maternity and neonatal services into distinct levels based on the complexity of care required.

Anna Cantarutti, Riccardo Boracchini, Roberto Bellù, Raffaella Ronco, Federico Rea, Anna Locatelli, Rinaldo Zanini, Giovanni Corrao

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2025;11:e58944

E-Screening for Prenatal Depression in Kampala, Uganda Using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: Survey Results

E-Screening for Prenatal Depression in Kampala, Uganda Using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: Survey Results

Unmet needs, along with poverty, lack of spousal or partner support, early and unplanned pregnancies, and physical or verbal abuse, have accelerated perinatal depression [4-7]. Perinatal depression, that is depression that occurs during pregnancy, around childbirth, or within the first year post partum, affects households worldwide. It often co-occurs with other medical or mental health illnesses and frequently goes undetected and untreated [8,9].

Hasifah Kasujja Namatovu, Mark Abraham Magumba, Dickens Akena

Online J Public Health Inform 2025;17:e51602

Web-Based Intervention (SunnysideFlex) to Promote Resilience to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms During Pregnancy: Development and Pilot Study

Web-Based Intervention (SunnysideFlex) to Promote Resilience to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms During Pregnancy: Development and Pilot Study

The perinatal period, defined here as the period during pregnancy and up to 1 year post partum [1,2], is a time of heightened vulnerability to psychopathology. Perinatal affective distress is associated with profound maternal, fetal, infant, and familial consequences [3,4], and if left untreated, carries a substantial economic burden, particularly to health and social care [5,6].

Katherine C Paltell, Jennifer Duffecy, Pauline M Maki, Shiva Edalatian Zakeri, Anka A Vujanovic, Erin C Berenz

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e53744

Exploring User Experiences of the Mom2B mHealth Research App During the Perinatal Period: Qualitative Study

Exploring User Experiences of the Mom2B mHealth Research App During the Perinatal Period: Qualitative Study

Perinatal depression (PND) impacts anywhere from 12% to 20% of women during pregnancy and after birth [1]. In Sweden, universal screening for PND takes place during a postpartum visit to the children’s health center and is done using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) [2]. Although efforts are being made to improve screening in the perinatal period, there are many barriers at both the patient and system level that prevent timely detection and intervention [3-5].

Ayesha-Mae Bilal, Konstantina Pagoni, Stavros I Iliadis, Fotios C Papadopoulos, Alkistis Skalkidou, Caisa Öster

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e53508

Parents’ Perceptions of Their Parenting Journeys and a Mobile App Intervention (Parentbot—A Digital Healthcare Assistant): Qualitative Process Evaluation

Parents’ Perceptions of Their Parenting Journeys and a Mobile App Intervention (Parentbot—A Digital Healthcare Assistant): Qualitative Process Evaluation

Many parents feel stressed during the perinatal period (duration from conception to 1 year postpartum), putting them at risk for developing psychological problems such as perinatal anxiety and depression [1,2]. Studies have reported that approximately between 26% and 15% of mothers [3,4] and 8% to 14% and 11% of fathers [5,6] experience perinatal depression and anxiety, respectively.

Joelle Yan Xin Chua, Mahesh Choolani, Cornelia Yin Ing Chee, Huso Yi, Yiong Huak Chan, Joan Gabrielle Lalor, Yap Seng Chong, Shefaly Shorey

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e56894

Preconception Care Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults to Prevent Adverse Maternal and Child Health Outcomes: Protocol for an Evidence Gap Map

Preconception Care Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults to Prevent Adverse Maternal and Child Health Outcomes: Protocol for an Evidence Gap Map

Preconception health influences the reproductive, perinatal, and child health outcomes of women who are planning their pregnancy [1]. According to the United Nations Population Fund, nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide are unplanned [2,3]; thus, risk factors that can potentially lead to adverse perinatal, maternal, and child outcomes are identified and addressed in the initial prenatal appointment, which usually marks the midpoint of the critical first trimester [4].

Zahra Ali Padhani, Gizachew A Tessema, Jodie C Avery, Komal Abdul Rahim, Jacqueline A Boyle, Salima Meherali, Rehana A Salam, Zohra S Lassi

JMIR Res Protoc 2024;13:e56052

Digital Health Needs and Preferences During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Mixed Methods Study

Digital Health Needs and Preferences During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Mixed Methods Study

To date, research on perinatal digital health needs falls into 2 categories: self-report via surveys or qualitative data collection (interviews and focus groups) and content analysis of perinatal digital forums. Previous research has shown that access to perinatal digital health information provides reassurance and support [5,16,17].

Natalie Henrich, Alison Brinson, Alyssa Arnold, Hannah R Jahnke

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e48960

Demographic and Support Interest Differences Among Nonbirthing Parents Using a Digital Health Platform With Parenthood-Related Anxiety: Cross-Sectional Study

Demographic and Support Interest Differences Among Nonbirthing Parents Using a Digital Health Platform With Parenthood-Related Anxiety: Cross-Sectional Study

Despite the similar burden of perinatal anxiety between parents and the known interplay between maternal and paternal perinatal mood disorders [5-7], perinatal anxiety research on nonbirthing partners remains limited, and little is known about the desire of nonbirthing partners to receive mental health support during the perinatal period [8].

Adam K Lewkowitz, Lily Rubin-Miller, Hannah R Jahnke, Melissa A Clark, Caron Zlotnick, Emily S Miller, Natalie Henrich

JMIR Pediatr Parent 2023;6:e46152

Video-Delivered Family Therapy for Perinatal Women With Depressive Symptoms and Family Conflict: Feasibility, Acceptability, Safety, and Tolerability Results From a Pilot Randomized Trial

Video-Delivered Family Therapy for Perinatal Women With Depressive Symptoms and Family Conflict: Feasibility, Acceptability, Safety, and Tolerability Results From a Pilot Randomized Trial

Yet, the research is limited on the feasibility, acceptability, safety, and tolerability of VCT-based treatments for perinatal individuals with depression, including home-visited mothers. REST’s acceptability, safety, and tolerability were explored in 2 implementation-effectiveness hybrid pilot trials [16,21]. The first study included 13 home visited families (N=26 individuals) and a historical comparison group of 13 home visited depressed mothers who refused treatment [16].

Fallon Cluxton-Keller, Mark T Hegel, Craig L Donnelly, Martha L Bruce

JMIR Form Res 2023;7:e51824