Labor and childbirth is a multidimensional experience for which it is difficult to prepare (without having done it before). It has been shown that emotional, informational, and physical support is key in shortening labor, increasing maternal happiness, and decreasing the need for unnecessary interventions during labor. This mobile (iPhone) video game training tool aims to train birth partners about the stages of labor and ways to support a first-time mom.
Researchers: Alexandra Holloway, Sri Kurniawan. In collaboration with Shaw-Battista, School of Nursing, UCSF and Moodie, Anthropology Dept, UCSC. Research funded by CITRIS.
Some media coverages and publications:
- Birthing Games: Assistive Technology Lab Delivers Serious Perinatal Games
- What video games have to teach us about childbirth and childbirth support
- Better Birth through Games: The Design of the Prepared Partner and Digital Birth
- System Design Evolution of The Prepared Partner: How a Labor and Childbirth Game Came to Term