HIGH Horizons - Evaluation of the MotherHeat Alert app among pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and healthcare workers
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This report, deliverable D5.3, describes the evaluation of the MotherHeat Alert early warning systems (EWS) for maternal and child health, which is a personalised smartphone-based heat-health warning system. The implementation and testing of the application and enrolment of participants took place in Sweden, South Africa and Zimbabwe among pregnant women, postpartum women and their infants, and health workers who serve them. The evaluation includes uptake, feasibility, usability, acceptability, effectiveness, perceived impact, economic burden of heat exposure during pregnancy and costing of the MotherHeat Alert app.
Authors: Gao, Chuansi, Heil, Clara Sofia, Alce, Günter, Munyewende, Pascalia Ozida, Mkwananzi, Sibusiso, Mbatha, Nondumiso Precious, Madimutsa, Gracious, Watambwa, Perkins, Machingura, Fortunate, Tirado, Veronika, Ward, Charlotte, Lamberti, Olimpia, Greco, Giulia, Luchters, Stanley, HIGH Horizons Study Group
Institutions: Lund University, University of the Witwatersrand, Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Ghent University, University of Thessaly, University of Graz, World Health Organization, Witshealth Consortium (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa), Technical University of Denmark
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G3210031810, G4443155986
OpenAlex ID: W7166854567