School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Research Center for Rural Health Service, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of Hubei Provincial Department of Education, Wuhan 430030, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 11;18(24):13095. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413095.
The new media provides a convenient platform to access, use and exchange health information. And as a special group of health care, maternal health care is still of international concern due to their high mortality rate. Scientific research is a good way to provide advice on how to improve maternal health through stringent reasoning and accurate data. However, the dramatic increase of publications, the diversity of themes, and the dispersion of researchers may reduce the quality of information and increase the difficulty of selection. Thus, this study aims to analyze the research progress on maternal health under the global new media environment, exploring the current research hotspots and frontiers.
A scientometric analysis was carried out by CiteSpace5.7.R1. In total, 2270 articles have been further analyzed to explore top countries and institutions, potential articles, research frontiers, and hotspots.
The publications ascended markedly, from 29 in 2008 to 472 publications by 2020. But there is still a lot of room to grow, and the growth rate does not conform to the Price's Law. Research centers concentrated in Latin America, such as the University of Toronto and the University of California. The work of Larsson M, Lagan BM and Tiedje L had high potential influence. Most of the research subjects were maternal and newborn babies, and the research frontiers were distributed in health education and psychological problems. Maternal mental health, nutrition, weight, production technology, and equipment were seemingly hotspots.
The new media has almost brought a new era for maternal health, mainly characterized by psychological qualities, healthy and reasonable physical conditions and advanced technology.
新媒体提供了便捷的平台来获取、使用和交流健康信息。由于孕产妇死亡率较高，作为医疗保健的一个特殊群体，孕产妇健康仍然受到国际关注。科学研究是通过严格的推理和准确的数据为如何改善孕产妇健康提供建议的好方法。然而，出版物的急剧增加、主题的多样性和研究人员的分散性可能会降低信息的质量并增加选择的难度。因此，本研究旨在分析全球新媒体环境下的孕产妇健康研究进展，探索当前的研究热点和前沿。
采用 CiteSpace5.7.R1 进行科学计量分析。共进一步分析了 2270 篇文章，以探讨顶级国家和机构、潜在文章、研究前沿和热点。
出版物数量明显上升，从 2008 年的 29 篇上升到 2020 年的 472 篇。但仍有很大的增长空间，增长率不符合 Price 定律。研究中心集中在拉丁美洲，如多伦多大学和加利福尼亚大学。Larsson M、Lagan BM 和 Tiedje L 的工作具有较高的潜在影响力。大多数研究对象是母婴，研究前沿分布在健康教育和心理问题方面。孕产妇心理健康、营养、体重、生产技术和设备似乎是热点。
新媒体几乎为孕产妇健康带来了一个新时代，主要特点是心理质量、健康合理的身体状况和先进的技术。
