Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This Master's thesis examines the applicability of mobile eHealth services through the pregnant women stories, assisting them to live independently.Mobile technologies have gained popularity in different areas of health sector for past few years.Combining mobile technologies in health services are growing research interest among researchers, mobile application developers and health professionals.The research has involved studying and reviewing of available literature that is relevant to the research questions.It is found that there might be some attributes that are related to enhancing the quality of life of the pregnant women.Mobile eHealth technologies can play an important role to enhance and support independent living of the pregnant women.Moreover, it was found that the mobile eHealth services should be user friendly and easy to use.The result of the thesis shows that mobile eHealth services can be a suitable solution for the pregnant women with different health conditions and are living in out of reach areas.Thereby, assisting them to live independently.It is necessary to analyze the requirements of the pregnant women and their technological skills before the deployment of mobile eHealth services.Also, mobile technologies and health management system should be studied before the deployment of any mobile eHealth services so that it can work effectively according the requirements of the pregnant women.
Author: Abha Pokharel
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3095721025