The Journal of mHealth Vol 1 Issue 1 (Feb 2014) | Page 47

Health & Development Foundation - Survey
Figure 13

Have you received useful information on the following topics?

Recommendations to discuss specific topics with
your doctor

48.9%

Information about maternal health after birth

64.8%

Information about newborn health

95.8%

Key developmental stages for children under 1

88.2%

Physical exercise

59.9%

Government benefits and assistance

49.6%

Vaccinations

75.8%

Flu and virus epidemic warnings

69.6%

0.0%

Figure 14

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

120.0%

The data shows that respondents
are interested in expanding the
range of topics that SMSmame addresses,
which will influence future text message
content development.

Which topics would you like to learn more about?
Healthy eating

12.2%

Your emotional state during pregnancy

6.1%

Work and pregnancy

4.1%

Physical exercise

16.3%

12.2%

Information on government benefits

Vaccinations

2.0%

Flu and virus epidemic warnings

2.0%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0% 18.0%

epidemics (59.6%). On the whole, information on
each topic was useful to nearly half the respondents.
The new mothers surveyed indicated that they found
information on the following topics most useful: 1)
information about newborn health (95.8%), 2) key developmental stages for children in their first year of
life (88.2%), 3) vaccination (75.8%) (fig.13). Overall,
the data makes it clear that almost all topics were of
interest to subscribers.
Two more questions about message content quality were given to only the group of respondents who
took the survey in person at the Kulakov Centre.
Figure 14 displays information about which topics

respondents would like to receive
more information on: 1) physical
exercise (16.3%), 2) healthy eating
(12.2%), 3) information on government benefits (12.2%). Respondents were also asked which new )ѽ