TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of an internet intervention on mothers' psychological, parenting, and health care utilization outcomes
AU - Hudson, Diane Brage
AU - Campbell-Grossman, Christie
AU - Hertzog, Melody
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was conducted with the support of a grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research – 1 R15 NR008886-01.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Aims and Objectives: The purpose of this pilot study was to test the effects of an Internet-based intervention, the New Mothers Network, on single, low-income, adolescent, African American mothers' psychological, parenting, and health care utilization outcomes. Background: The study was based on social support theory. Methods: For mothers in the Intervention Group, MSNTV™ was installed in subjects' homes and connected to the Internet. Data were collected at 1 week, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months following the infant's birth. Results: For infant health services utilization, 70.6% of those in the Control Group took their infant to the emergency room at least once during the study compared to 35.7% of mothers in the Intervention Group. The New Mothers Network allowed mothers to share their experiences and acquire information from nurses about caring for themselves and their infants. Conclusion: The New Mothers Network Web site is well poised for nursing driven social support intervention via the Internet, even though access devices are evolving over time.
AB - Aims and Objectives: The purpose of this pilot study was to test the effects of an Internet-based intervention, the New Mothers Network, on single, low-income, adolescent, African American mothers' psychological, parenting, and health care utilization outcomes. Background: The study was based on social support theory. Methods: For mothers in the Intervention Group, MSNTV™ was installed in subjects' homes and connected to the Internet. Data were collected at 1 week, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months following the infant's birth. Results: For infant health services utilization, 70.6% of those in the Control Group took their infant to the emergency room at least once during the study compared to 35.7% of mothers in the Intervention Group. The New Mothers Network allowed mothers to share their experiences and acquire information from nurses about caring for themselves and their infants. Conclusion: The New Mothers Network Web site is well poised for nursing driven social support intervention via the Internet, even though access devices are evolving over time.
KW - Adolescent Mothers
KW - Internet
KW - Low-income
KW - Social Support
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U2 - 10.3109/01460862.2012.734211
DO - 10.3109/01460862.2012.734211
M3 - Article
C2 - 23140413
AN - SCOPUS:84869154157
SN - 0146-0862
VL - 35
SP - 176
EP - 193
JO - Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing
JF - Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing
IS - 3-4
ER -