关键词: 用户健康信息, 孕妇, 产妇, 健康信息交流, 社会支持

Abstract: Background　Adequate social support is necessary for women during pregnancy and childbirth.Information support is an important part of the social support system.Health information accessing can guide pregnant and postpartum women in choosing appropriate maternal healthcare services，and is essential to maintain and promote maternal and child health.Objective　To explore the overall and subgroup characteristics of interpersonal networks in healthcare communication in pregnant and postpartum women in Taiyuan，China，so as to provide a reference for improving the effect of interpersonal communication in maternal health education.Methods　This study was carried out in a sample of pregnant and postpartum women receiving outpatient services in 3 healthcare institutions of different owners and levels（a public provincial maternal and child health hospital，a public township hospital，and a private hospital）from November 2016 to August 2017．A self-made questionnaire was used to collect the general information，and interpersonal network［consisting of most frequently contacted persons（at least 5） for obtaining health information］．The interpersonal networks were analyzed by size，homogeneity，personal familiarity and relationships with the members of the network.Results　A total of 1 100 pregnant and postpartum women participated in the survey，and 863（78.45%） of them responded effectively.Among the respondents，the size，and cultural homogeneity of interpersonal networks were （4.12±1.23） （0.61±0.34），respectively.And their average level of familiarity with the members in the interpersonal networks was （0.68±0.29）．The major members in their interpersonal networks were friends/coworkers（76.66%），mother（48.89%），sister（s） （47.37%），husband（41.31%），and doctors（25.79%）．Correspondence analysis map of their interpersonal networks in healthcare communication showed that，the networks showed low level of homogeneity with medical background，low level of homogeneity without medical background in pregnant and postpartum women with low education level living in urban areas，and those living in counties，towns and villages，respectively.Moreover，for those with high education level living in urban areas，and living in counties，towns and villages，the networks demonstrated high level of familiarity，high level of homogeneity with medical background，and high level of familiarity，high level of homogeneity without medical background，respectively.Conclusion　Most pregnant and postpartum women in Taiyuan had a relatively stable interpersonal network in healthcare communication.They had high-level familiarity with the members in the network，which contained high percentages of relatives，and friends/coworkers，but low percentage of doctors，and had urban-rural differences.

Key words: Consumer health information, Pregnant women, Maternal, Health information communication, Social support