Supporting Childbirth Knowledge Acquisition and Decision-making through Digital Communication Technology: The Research Design of an Ongoing Study following a Mixed-Method Approach

Carla V. Leite, Carla V. Leite, Ana Margarida Almeida

2021

Abstract

This paper describes the research design of an ongoing study that overlaps three main fields: technology, health, and social science. This transdisciplinarity approach naturally brings challenges to the methodological plan, which this paper presents, and aims to guide the creation, validation and evaluation of a digital decision aid, and its comparison to a paper-based solution. Through the data collection from different natures, it is expected to be possible to understand the different sources, channels and formats of content that can contribute for childbirth knowledge acquisition; if communication can be facilitated between expectant parents, health care professionals, and childbirth educators; and ultimately, if the tool could provide a mean to create a document regarding birth preferences.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Leite C. and Almeida A. (2021). Supporting Childbirth Knowledge Acquisition and Decision-making through Digital Communication Technology: The Research Design of an Ongoing Study following a Mixed-Method Approach. In Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2021) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-490-9, SciTePress, pages 701-707. DOI: 10.5220/0010350307010707

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf21,
author={Carla V. Leite and Ana Margarida Almeida},
title={Supporting Childbirth Knowledge Acquisition and Decision-making through Digital Communication Technology: The Research Design of an Ongoing Study following a Mixed-Method Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2021) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2021},
pages={701-707},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010350307010707},
isbn={978-989-758-490-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2021) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - Supporting Childbirth Knowledge Acquisition and Decision-making through Digital Communication Technology: The Research Design of an Ongoing Study following a Mixed-Method Approach
SN - 978-989-758-490-9
AU - Leite C.
AU - Almeida A.
PY - 2021
SP - 701
EP - 707
DO - 10.5220/0010350307010707
PB - SciTePress