Codeveloping a multibehavioural mobile phone app to enhance social and emotional well-being and reduce health risks among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during preconception and pregnancy: a three-phased mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Describe the development and pretest of a prototype multibehavioural change app MAMA-EMPOWER.

Design

Mixed-methods study reporting three phases: (1) contextual enquiry included stakeholder engagement and qualitative interviews with Aboriginal women, (2) value specification included user-workshop with an Aboriginal researcher, community members and experts, (3) codesign with Aboriginal researchers and community members, followed by a pretest of the app with Aboriginal women, and feedback from qualitative interviews and the user-Mobile Application Rating Scale (U-MARS) survey tool.

Settings

Aboriginal women and communities in urban and regional New South Wales, Australia.

Participants

Phase 1: interviews, 8 Aboriginal women. Phase 2: workshop, 6 Aborigi

SUBMITTER: Kennedy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8614130 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature