TY - JOUR
T1 - Health promotion text blasts for minority adolescent mothers
AU - Brown, Sara
AU - Hudson, Diane Brage
AU - Campbell-Grossman, Christie
AU - Yates, Bernice C.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Purpose: To examine use of technology for delivering a health promotion intervention via text blasts in single, low-income, adolescent, minority mothers and to describe their perceptions and experiences with the intervention.Study Design and Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used for this study. Health promotion information was sent weekly in the form of text blasts and/or pictures to five mothers during the first 6 months postpartum. Topics included promotion of breastfeeding, effects of breast milk on infant growth and development, information about infant immunizations, and reminders about infant and maternal follow-up and well-being. Qualitative interviews occurred monthly with mothers about their perceptions and experiences with the health promotion intervention and their health promotion behaviors. Data were analyzed using qualitative analytic techniques to generate themes from the mothers' interviews.Results: Four themes emerged: (a) Trustworthy Support System, (b) Overcoming Barriers to Health Promotion, (c) Parenting Validation, and (d) Preferred Mode of Communication. All mothers used breast milk through 6 months postpartum and were adherent with childhood immunizations and maternal and infant follow-up appointments, unlike lower proportions in the general population.Clinical Implications: Health promotion text blasts can improve single, low-income, adolescent, minority mothers' health behavior outcomes such as adherence with recommended immunizations for their infants, breastfeeding success, and recommended maternal and infant healthcare visits. Further, it is the preferred mode of communication for these mothers. Future studies are needed for examining the use of technology to deliver healthcare to a larger sample of minority adolescent mothers.
AB - Purpose: To examine use of technology for delivering a health promotion intervention via text blasts in single, low-income, adolescent, minority mothers and to describe their perceptions and experiences with the intervention.Study Design and Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used for this study. Health promotion information was sent weekly in the form of text blasts and/or pictures to five mothers during the first 6 months postpartum. Topics included promotion of breastfeeding, effects of breast milk on infant growth and development, information about infant immunizations, and reminders about infant and maternal follow-up and well-being. Qualitative interviews occurred monthly with mothers about their perceptions and experiences with the health promotion intervention and their health promotion behaviors. Data were analyzed using qualitative analytic techniques to generate themes from the mothers' interviews.Results: Four themes emerged: (a) Trustworthy Support System, (b) Overcoming Barriers to Health Promotion, (c) Parenting Validation, and (d) Preferred Mode of Communication. All mothers used breast milk through 6 months postpartum and were adherent with childhood immunizations and maternal and infant follow-up appointments, unlike lower proportions in the general population.Clinical Implications: Health promotion text blasts can improve single, low-income, adolescent, minority mothers' health behavior outcomes such as adherence with recommended immunizations for their infants, breastfeeding success, and recommended maternal and infant healthcare visits. Further, it is the preferred mode of communication for these mothers. Future studies are needed for examining the use of technology to deliver healthcare to a larger sample of minority adolescent mothers.
KW - Health promotion
KW - Minority health
KW - Mothers
KW - Text messaging
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U2 - 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000081
DO - 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000081
M3 - Article
C2 - 25333802
AN - SCOPUS:84914144491
SN - 0361-929X
VL - 39
SP - 357
EP - 362
JO - MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
JF - MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
IS - 6
ER -