title: Acceptability of health information technology aimed at environmental health education in a prenatal clinic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the acceptability of an interactive computer kiosk that provides environmental health education to low-income Latina prenatal patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A mixed-methods approach was used to assess the acceptability of the Prenatal Environmental Health Kiosk pregnant Latina women in Salinas, CA (n=152). The kiosk is a low literacy, interactive touch-screen computer program with an audio component and includes graphics and an interactive game.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority had never used a kiosk before. Over 90% of women reported that they learned something new while using the kiosk. Prior to using the kiosk, 22% of women reported their preference of receiving health education from a kiosk over a pamphlet or video compared with 57% after using the kiosk (p<0.01). Qualitative data revealed: (1) benefit of exposure to computer use; (2) reinforcing strategy of health education; and (3) popularity of the interactive game.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Prenatal Environmental Health Kiosk is an innovative patient health education modality that was shown to be acceptable among a population of low-income Latino pregnant women in a prenatal care clinic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This pilot study demonstrated that a health education kiosk was an acceptable strategy for providing Latina prenatal patients with information on pertinent environmental exposures.
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH), University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, 1995 University Ave. Suite 265, Berkeley 94704 7392, USA. Electronic address: lgrosas@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Lisa G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Rosas
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH), University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, 1995 University Ave. Suite 265, Berkeley 94704 7392, USA.
authors.forename: Celina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trujillo
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH), University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, 1995 University Ave. Suite 265, Berkeley 94704 7392, USA.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH), University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, 1995 University Ave. Suite 265, Berkeley 94704 7392, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Madrigal
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH), University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, 1995 University Ave. Suite 265, Berkeley 94704 7392, USA.
authors.forename: Asa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bradman
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH), University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, 1995 University Ave. Suite 265, Berkeley 94704 7392, USA.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eskenazi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers; D008490:Medical Informatics; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Environment health; Information technology; Pregnancy; Prenatal
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