Abstract

Prenatal care includes medical assessment, monitoring, education and counseling and aims to protect and promote maternal-fetal health during pregnancy. Currently, with the development of technology, prenatal care services have evolved into a technology-based structure and have become integrated with current technological approaches. Artificial intelligence algorithms emphasize the importance of predicting risky situations in pregnancy and enabling early intervention with early diagnosis capability. While digital assistants, which are increasingly used by pregnant women, provide convenience in terms of access to information, attention should be focused on issues such as reliability and accuracy of information. Mobile health applications provide benefits such as providing information about the pregnancy process, improving behavioral changes, enabling early detection of risky situations with the devices they are integrated with, and creating a communication channel between the pregnant woman and the health professional. Wearable smart technologies, eliminate inequality for pregnant women who cannot access prenatal care services and enable remote monitoring of pregnant women by providing instant data on the condition of the pregnant woman. The aim of this study is to explain the use of current technology-based approaches such as artificial intelligence algorithms, digital assistants, mobile health applications and wearable smart technologies in prenatal care.

Key Words: artificial intelligence, mobile health applications, nursing, prenatal care, wearable smart technology