This work would not have been possible without the support of Dr. John Ong'ech, Dr. Philomena Owende, Dr. Zahida Qureshi, Dr. Grace Omoni, Dr. Sabina Wakasiaka, and all of the maternity ward nurses, staff, and students at Kenyatta National Hospital and the University of Nairobi. Thank you for your dedicated work, and support of the PartoPen project.
Publications & Presentations*
Underwood, Heather (2013) The PartoPen: Using Digital Pen Technology to Improve Maternal Labor Monitoring in the Developing World, PhD Dissertation, University of Colorado at Boulder.
PartoPens at the Point of Care: Evaluating Digital Pen-Based Maternal Labor Monitoring in Kenya. Underwood, H., Sterling, S.R., Bennett, J. International Conference on Health Informatics (HealthINF) 2014. Loire Valley, France.
The PartoPen in Practice: Evaluating the Impact of Digital Pen Technology on Maternal Health in Kenya. Underwood, H., Sterling, S. R., Bennett, J. International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD) 2013. Cape Town, South Africa.
The PartoPen: Using Digital Pen Software to Improve Birth Attendant Training and Maternal Outcomes in Kenya. Heather Underwood. ACM Student Research Competition Grand Finals Winner. 2013.
The PartoPen in Training and Clinical Use: Two Preliminary Studies in Kenya. Heather Underwood, S. Revi Sterling, John K. Bennett. HealthINF, 2013.
The Design and Implementation of the PartoPen Maternal Health Monitoring System. Heather Underwood, Revi Sterling, John Bennett. ACM DEV, 2013.
Improving Maternal Labor Monitoring in Kenya Using Digital Pen Technology: A User Evaluation. Heather Underwood, Revi Sterling, John Bennett. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 2012.
PartoPen: Enhancing the Partograph with Digital Pen Technology. Heather Underwood. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2012. Student Research Competition, First Place.
PartoPen: Using Digital Pen Technology to Enhance Paper-Based Maternal/Child Health Monitoring During Labor. Heather Underwood. Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), 2012.
Monitoring maternal health: Augmenting paper-based tools with digital pen technology. Heather Underwood. mHealth Summit, 2011.
Partographs & Digital Pens: Assisting Rural Birth-Attendants with Labor Monitoring. Heather Underwood. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, 2011.
Using a Digital Pen to Improve Labor Monitoring and Reinforce Birth Attendant Training. Heather Underwood. University of Colorado at Boulder, ATLAS Institute.
*This work was funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and a Bill & Melinda Gates Grand Challenge Explorations Grant.
Publications & Presentations*
Underwood, Heather (2013) The PartoPen: Using Digital Pen Technology to Improve Maternal Labor Monitoring in the Developing World, PhD Dissertation, University of Colorado at Boulder.
PartoPens at the Point of Care: Evaluating Digital Pen-Based Maternal Labor Monitoring in Kenya. Underwood, H., Sterling, S.R., Bennett, J. International Conference on Health Informatics (HealthINF) 2014. Loire Valley, France.
The PartoPen in Practice: Evaluating the Impact of Digital Pen Technology on Maternal Health in Kenya. Underwood, H., Sterling, S. R., Bennett, J. International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD) 2013. Cape Town, South Africa.
The PartoPen: Using Digital Pen Software to Improve Birth Attendant Training and Maternal Outcomes in Kenya. Heather Underwood. ACM Student Research Competition Grand Finals Winner. 2013.
The PartoPen in Training and Clinical Use: Two Preliminary Studies in Kenya. Heather Underwood, S. Revi Sterling, John K. Bennett. HealthINF, 2013.
The Design and Implementation of the PartoPen Maternal Health Monitoring System. Heather Underwood, Revi Sterling, John Bennett. ACM DEV, 2013.
Improving Maternal Labor Monitoring in Kenya Using Digital Pen Technology: A User Evaluation. Heather Underwood, Revi Sterling, John Bennett. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 2012.
PartoPen: Enhancing the Partograph with Digital Pen Technology. Heather Underwood. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2012. Student Research Competition, First Place.
PartoPen: Using Digital Pen Technology to Enhance Paper-Based Maternal/Child Health Monitoring During Labor. Heather Underwood. Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), 2012.
Monitoring maternal health: Augmenting paper-based tools with digital pen technology. Heather Underwood. mHealth Summit, 2011.
Partographs & Digital Pens: Assisting Rural Birth-Attendants with Labor Monitoring. Heather Underwood. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, 2011.
Using a Digital Pen to Improve Labor Monitoring and Reinforce Birth Attendant Training. Heather Underwood. University of Colorado at Boulder, ATLAS Institute.
*This work was funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and a Bill & Melinda Gates Grand Challenge Explorations Grant.
