Using Health Information Technology to Engage African American Women on Nutrition and Supplement Use During the Preconception Period.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Healthy nutrition and appropriate supplementation during preconception have important implications for the health of the mother and newborn. The best way to deliver preconception care to address health risks related to nutrition is unknown.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial designed to study the impact of conversational agent technology in 13 domains of preconception care among 528 non-pregnant African American and Black women. This analysis is restricted to those 480 women who reported at least one of the ten risks related to nutrition and dietary supplement use.

Interventions

An online conversational agent, called "Gabby", assesses health risks and delivers 12 months of tailored dialogue for over 100 prec

SUBMITTER: Gardiner P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7874041 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature