The effect of DECO-MOM mobile application for a prenatal environmental health program on environmental health behaviors: a pilot test.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The DECO-MOM mobile program was developed to enhance prenatal environmental health behaviors among pregnant women, addressing the challenges of climate change and environmental pollution. This pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility and preliminary impacts of the DECO-MOM app on personal and community health behaviors, quality of life, subjective health status, depression, anxiety, and e-learning satisfaction, guided by the revised protection motivation theory.

Methods/design

This non-randomized controlled study employed a pre-post-test design with experimental and control groups. The study analyzed data from 31 participants in the experimental group and 34 in the control group after a four-week mobile application intervention conducted from September 26 to Oc

SUBMITTER: Jo HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11881434 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature