"Who's afraid?": Attitudes of midwives to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for delivery of pregnancy-related health information

Women and Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 168-173

  Dalton, J A ^a   Rodger, D L ^b   Wilmore, M ^b   Skuse, A J ^b   Humphreys, S ^b   Flabouris, M ^b   Clifton, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal education; Health communication; ICTs; Information and communication technologies; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; AUSTRALIA; FEAR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84905719649     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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