Access and use of mobile health applications among Medicaid-insured pregnant and postpartum individuals
Health Policy and Technology(2024)
Abstract
Mobile health applications can address health disparities in prenatal care due to adverse social determinants of health. We assessed the uptake and use of, preferences for, and barriers to mobile health applications among Medicaid-insured pregnant and postpartum individuals enrolled in prenatal care from March to May 2021. Medicaid-insured pregnant and postpartum individuals frequently used (56%) and were potentially interested in using (90%) mobile health applications for health-related tasks and had reliable internet access to do so (94%). Over two fifths (44%) reported barriers to using mobile health applications. Further research is needed to understand whether using mobile health applications to address social needs in the peripartum period can affect prenatal care utilization and decrease health disparities.
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Key words
pregnancy,mobile health applications,internet,prenatal care,Medicaid
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