This document discusses the development of an mHealth application to support caregivers of babies with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome. The app aims to provide psychosocial support and access to validated information and resources. It will track child development milestones and connect caregivers to early intervention and pediatric services. The benefits of the app include being low-cost, culturally tailored, scalable, and developed through a user-centered design approach to meet the specific needs of patients.

1. S"muli and Interven"ons
Colors, sounds, posi-oning,
laying down, laying side
Microcephaly
World Map with Areas with Risk of Zika
Social / Emo-onal
Cogni-ve
Language /
Communica-on
mHealth Application to Inform Caregivers of
Babies with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome
Vivian Genaro Mo@1, Julia Painter1, Gary Kreps1, Giovanni Lovisi2
1 George Mason University - GMU
2 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
Mul-disciplinary staff Specialized treatment
References:
hGps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/files/zika-areas-of-risk.pdf
hGps://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/trackchildsdevmilestoneseng.pdf
hGps://pathways.org/growth-development/0-3-months/printouts/
Movement /
Physical
Developmental Milestones
Long term special needs
The Congenital Zika
Syndrome leads to
profound brain damages
due to microcephaly
Symptoms
Seizures, weakness and
s-ffness in muscles,
contractures, vision,
hearing, feeding,
swallowing, and breathing
problems
Developmental Delay
affects progress in:
Moving, Learning,
Speaking, Playing
The benefits involved are:
a low cost, culturally-
taylored, novel, scalable
solu-on
Through a user-centered
design approach we elicit
requirements taylored to
the specific needs of the
pa-ents
The mHealth App
provides psychosocial
support for mothers and
caregivers of babies with
microcephaly and
congenital Zika Syndrome
Recommenda"ons
(1) Tracking and screening the
development of the baby
(2) Access to validated
informa-on and resources
(3) Access to regular pediatric
and specialized care
(4) Contact early interven-on
services
(5) Peer-support from families
of children with special needs