61988 20190709135434.0 doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0180867 sideral 100953 ART-2017-100953 eng Sprenger, Michaela Health professionals’ perspective on the promotion of e-mental health apps in the context of maternal depression 2017 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Objective Our study focuses on exploring (1) the intention of health professionals to use and recommend e-mental health applications, (2) how this intention of health professionals might be influenced, (3) which group of health professionals might be most accessible to promote emental health applications for maternal depression, and (4) for which tasks they rate them to be most useful. Materials and methods Based on a questionnaire informed by the theory of planned behavior, we collected 131 responses of U.S., Spanish, and Swiss health professionals in the field of pregnancy and maternal care (including psychologists, psychiatrists, midwives, and doctors) by means of an online survey. We analyzed the gathered data applying a structured equation model. Results Our study reveals that health professionals would in general intend to recommend and use e-mental health applications. However, their attitude towards e-mental health applications varies regarding the respective use cases and also differs among health professions. Conclusion We offer three alternative propositions for private or public organizations, associations, or any other entity whose purpose is service to the community for introducing e-mental health applications into practice. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 2.766 2017 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 15 / 64 = 0.234 2017 Q1 T1 1.164 2017 Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) 2017 Q1 Medicine (miscellaneous) 2017 Q1 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) 2017 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Mettler, Tobias (orcid)0000-0002-7293-318X Osma, Jorge Universidad de Zaragoza 4009 680 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Person.Eval.Trat.Psicoló. 12, 7 (2017), [11 pp.] PLoS One PloS one 1932-6203 462210 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/61988/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 14921 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/61988/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:61988 articulos driver 2019-07-09-11:33:07 ARTICLE