Semi-directives interviews conducted with health and social care professionals about the use and context of use of ITC with and by immigrant women during the perinatal period

Information and communication technologies (ICT) - the Internet, social networks and mobile applications - continue to develop and evolve rapidly. The birth period is intensively marketed, and the ICT market is also targeted at mothers and parents-to-be, including thousands of websites and mobile applications. These digital tools make it possible to search for information about the perinatal period and to network with other parents. Research that critically explores the experience of mothers/parents tends to focus on upper middle-class samples. This relevant Anglo-Saxon research, in particular that of Professor Lupton and colleagues, shows that ICTs tend to convey stereotypical views of the attitude and role of (future) mothers and fathers and in particular push mothers to be more self-monitoring. Furthermore, Applications tend to favour a quantitative exploration of the maternity experience at the expense of more qualitative exploration. In order to complete this field of research and in particular to diversify the audiences that are asked for their opinions on ICT, our study investigated the uses, experiences and needs of immigrant and allophone women in the perinatal period. This public has been the object of less attention in research about ICT, while immigrant women - as well as their children - suffer from poorer health and have less access to health information and services, including during the perinatal period. The main objective of our research was to explore how immigrant women use and experience ICTs by focusing on three particular areas: 1. Searching for health-related information during the perinatal period 2. Maintaining connections within the transnational family 3. Entertaining connections with health or social professionals. To this end, we conducted an ethnographic research based on a triangulation of methods and data with immigrant women, health and social professionals and community interpreters