ReviewJMIR pediatrics and parenting2022
Understanding Information Needs and Barriers to Accessing Health Information Across All Stages of Pregnancy: Systematic Review.
Review in JMIR pediatrics and parenting, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions to Prevent Relapse or Recurrence of Preconception Anxiety and/or Depression in Perinatal Women: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Pooled it
- Meta-synthesis of the motherhood-related needs of women with multiple sclerosis.BMC women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Factors associated with vaccination intentions and uptake among pregnant women in the UK: A scoping review.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Historically informed quality improvement: applying historical insights from Black women's maternity care to contemporary health service redesign.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2026Article
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- Use of the Online Portal "Embryotox" in Routine Health Care: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Defining "critical" maternal health information for healthy lifestyle self-management in pregnancy: perspectives of pregnant women and obstetricians in China and Malaysia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Online Health Information Needs of Pregnant Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2026Review
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- The Contents and Influence of the Perinatal Contraceptive Infosphere: A Narrative Review.O&G open · 2025Review
- Perinatal Women's Perception of Maternal Health Information Quality on Digital Media: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Effects of the Modern Digital Information Environment on Maternal Health Care Professionals, the Role of Midwives, and the People in Their Care: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Unmet maternal health information needs and mass media exposure for maternal health among women in the Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A two-wave survey study examining the impact of different sources of pregnancy information on pregnancy-related anxiety among Swedish women.European journal of midwifery · 2025Article
- Exploring online reproductive health promotion in Canada: a focus on behavioral and environmental influences from a sex and gender perspective.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Assessment of women's needs, wishes and preferences regarding interprofessional guidance on nutrition in pregnancy - a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Predictors of Using Pharmacists as a Medication Safety Information Resource Among Women of Reproductive Age.Drug, healthcare and patient safety · 2024Article
- App-Supported Lifestyle Interventions in Pregnancy to Manage Gestational Weight Gain and Prevent Gestational Diabetes: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Information Gathering about Pregnancy, Birth, and Puerperium-Good and Fake Information.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Assessing the Views and Needs of People at High Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus for the Development of Mobile Health Apps: Descriptive Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnderstanding consumers' health information needs across all stages of the pregnancy trajectory is crucial to the development of mechanisms that allow them to retrieve high-quality, customized, and layperson-friendly health information.
objectiveThe objective of this study was to identify research gaps in pregnancy-related consumer information needs and available information from different sources.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review of CINAHL, Cochrane, PubMed, and Web of Science for relevant articles that were published from 2009 to 2019. The quality of the included articles was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program. A descriptive data analysis was performed on these articles. Based on the review result, we developed the Pregnancy Information Needs Ontology (PINO) and made it publicly available in GitHub and BioPortal.
resultsA total of 33 articles from 9 countries met the inclusion criteria for this review, of which the majority were published no earlier than 2016. Most studies were either descriptive (9/33, 27%), interviews (7/33, 21%), or surveys/questionnaires (7/33, 21%); 20 articles mentioned consumers' pregnancy-related information needs. Half (9/18, 50%) of the human-subject studies were conducted in the United States. More than a third (13/33, 39%) of all studies focused on during-pregnancy stage; only one study (1/33, 3%) was about all stages of pregnancy. The most frequent consumer information needs were related to labor delivery (9/20, 45%), medication in pregnancy (6/20, 30%), newborn care (5/20, 25%), and lab tests (6/20, 30%). The most frequently available source of information was the internet (15/24, 63%). PINO consists of 267 classes, 555 axioms, and 271 subclass relationships.
conclusionsOnly a few articles assessed the barriers to access to pregnancy-related information and the quality of each source of information; further work is needed. Future work is also needed to address the gaps between the information needed and the information available.
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