Introduction: Maternal death is an event that impacts not only the family, but also the development of children in their first years of life.
Objective: to identify evidence that e-Health contributes to the control of children’s growth and development after maternal death.
Method: A scoping review was conducted, following the guidelines and stages of the Joanna Briggs Institute. PRISMA-ScR was used to report the results.
Results: The initial search resulted in 3,284 studies in the databases, of which 1,186 were excluded due to duplication. After applying the exclusion and inclusion criteria and additional reading of titles and abstracts, 2,051 more studies were excluded, leaving 47 for full reading. Of these, 18 studies did not meet the eligibility criteria according to the study population criteria. Thus, 29 articles were selected for full reading and additional analysis.
Conclusion: Digital and telemediated interventions constitute a type of care applicable to the promotion of child development in different contexts. The lack of evidence on the use of e-Health in the monitoring of children up to one year of age who have lost their mothers indicates the need for research and specific proposals for this population. The demands involve the risk of interrupting breastfeeding, the possibility of delays in psychomotor development, and exposure to variations in the emotional state of substitute caregivers. The development of technologies aimed at this group can contribute to the organization and continuity of care.
Descriptors: Technology; Telemedicine; Maternal Mortality; Child; Nursing Care.
