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. 2018 Jan 10;7(1):e4. doi: 10.2196/resprot.8062

Table 1.

Details of the Supportive Parenting Educational Program.

No.a
Mode and period of delivery

Approximate duration of the session

Topics covered
1 Telephone-based antenatal educational session 30 min
  1. Parental self-efficacy and bonding (eg, definitions of parental self-efficacy and bonding, why are they important, and how they can be enhanced

  2. Expectations in the immediate postpartum period

  3. Emotional needs of parents both during pregnancy and after the child’s birth

2 Telephone-based immediate postnatal educational session 60 min
  1. Reinforcement on the topics covered during antenatal period, including parenting self-efficacy, parental bonding, and postnatal depression

  2. Coverage on parent-craft class topics including baby bathing and breastfeeding

  3. Role of fathers during postnatal period

3 mHealthb app-based follow-up educational session 1 month access to the mHealth app
  1. A knowledge-based content on topics including newborn and maternal care

  2. Audio recordings of the knowledge-based content

  3. Videos on various newborn care tasks such as baby bathing and breastfeeding demonstrated by a trained midwife using a live baby. Each video is approximately 8 min long on average

  4. A discussion forum

  5. Push notifications

aNumber in series.

bmHealth: mobile health.