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Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences. University of Skövde, Digital Health Research (DHEAR). (Family-Centred Health (FamCeH))ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3347-482X
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences. University of Skövde, Digital Health Research (DHEAR). (Family-Centred Health (FamCeH))ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0183-896X
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences. University of Skövde, Digital Health Research (DHEAR). (Family-Centred Health (FamCeH))ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5865-3926
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences. University of Skövde, Digital Health Research (DHEAR). School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia. (Family-Centred Health (FamCeH))ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0079-3966
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2022 (English)In: Digital Health, E-ISSN 2055-2076, Vol. 8, article id 20552076221090335Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background

In today's society, people are experiencing the rapid development of digitalisation. Expecting parents may have difficulties evaluating the information online; they are not always sure which sources of information are trustworthy, and this exacerbates their feelings of anxiety. More research is needed to broaden the knowledge about how their use of digital sources may influence their health.

Question

The focus of this study was to explore expecting parents’ use of digital sources and how this influences their health during pregnancy.

Methods

A systematic review covered the thematic analysis of 39 articles.

Findings

The analysis resulted in the following theme: The digitalised society involves both opportunities and challenges, and expecting parents express a need for a variety of digital sources to improve their health, and sub-themes: Digital sources could promote parents’ health and well-being in a digitalised society; Consuming digital health information facilitates understanding, different feelings and social connections; and A variety of digital sources may facilitate parental identification and adaption to parenthood.

Conclusion

Different digital sources in our digitalised society mean access to information and opportunities to extend social connections for expecting parents. This can promote their ability to understand and adapt to parenthood, as well as to improve their health and well-being and make the parental transition. However, professional support during face-to-face consultations cannot always be exchanged to digital sources. It is important to base digital sources devoted to expecting parents and digitalisation overall on multi-sectorial collaborations and coordination between different organisations and the digital sources they provide.

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Sage Publications, 2022. Vol. 8, article id 20552076221090335
Keywords [en]
pregnancy, digitalisation, antenatal, childbirth, mother, father
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Nursing Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
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Family-Centred Health
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-21063DOI: 10.1177/20552076221090335ISI: 000783559300001PubMedID: 35449713Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85128418224OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-21063DiVA, id: diva2:1652309
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CC BY 4.0

First published online April 14, 2022

caroline.backstrom@his.se

Funding: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the School of Health Sciences, University of Skövde, Sweden.

Available from: 2022-04-19 Created: 2022-04-19 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved

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