Maternal and Child Health Handbook App "Boshi-mo" Launched in Yasuoka Village, Nagano Prefecture!
Boshi-mo Co., Ltd.'s maternal and child health handbook app "Boshi-mo" has been introduced in Yasuoka Village, Nagano Prefecture, as "Nijiiro Techo." It digitalizes local government childcare support, providing convenient services to expectant mothers and childcare households.
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Boshi-mo Co., Ltd.'s maternal and child health handbook app "Boshi-mo" has been introduced in Yasuoka Village, Shimoina-gun, Nagano Prefecture, and will begin offering its services as "Nijiiro Techo" starting April 1 (Wednesday).
Yasuoka Village aims to create a gentle community that supports the upbringing and childcare of all children and young people throughout the region, based on the idea that guaranteeing children's rights is essential for their rich and healthy growth.
This time, "Boshi-mo," which allows paper maternal and child health handbook data to be recorded as digital data and has been introduced in over 830 municipalities, has been adopted. In line with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's policy to promote the use of electronic maternal and child health handbooks and maternal and child health DX, its operation will commence.
"Boshi-mo" is an app that easily supports vaccination schedules, health check-up result management, and local information distribution via smartphones, tablets, and PCs. Since data is stored in the cloud, it serves as a backup in case of loss of the maternal and child health handbook due to disasters, and also supports continued use when relocating to other municipalities or changing devices, allowing users to continue using it with peace of mind.
◆ Yasuoka Village, Nagano Prefecture, which strongly supports childcare families with diverse support measures, starts offering "Boshi-mo"!
Yasuoka Village celebrates the birth of children by providing congratulatory money for childbirth: 100,000 yen for the first child, 200,000 yen for the second child, and 500,000 yen for the third and subsequent children. Furthermore, it supports the healthy growth of children while reducing the economic burden on childcare households by capping the guardian's out-of-pocket expenses for childcare fees for children under 3 years old and supplementary meal fees for children aged 3 and over at 3,000 yen per month.
In addition, the "Postpartum Care Project" is implemented for mothers and their children under one year old after childbirth, promoting the creation of an environment where childcare can be done with peace of mind. Care can be selected from overnight stay, day-trip, or home-visit types, providing specialized support for postpartum recovery and childcare anxiety. Furthermore, the village bears 90% of the usage fees, aiming to reduce the physical, psychological, and economic burden on childcare households.
This time, "Boshi-mo" has been adopted as a new tool for disseminating childcare information, in order to make the village's initiatives more conveniently accessible to childcare households.
◆ Comprehensive support for pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare with a community-based childcare app!
"Nijiiro Techo," adopted by Yasuoka Village, is a service compatible with smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It is equipped with convenient functions that help mothers and fathers busy with childcare and work, such as recording and managing health data for expectant mothers and children, managing vaccination schedules, providing advice on childbirth and childcare, sharing functions with family members such as grandparents living in distant areas, and notifying local information distributed by the village.
"Dekitayo Kinenbi" (Achieved Milestones), which can be used as a childcare diary, was created based on the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's model format for maternal and child health handbooks. It not only allows recording developmental stages and childcare-related milestones, including the "parent's record" in the maternal and child health handbook, with photos and messages, but also serves as a guide for children's growth and development.
Furthermore, even when social environmental changes occur due to the impact of infectious diseases, the app can instantly deliver important information such as cautionary notices from the municipality and advice from public health nurses to those who need it via text and video, supporting the creation of a safe environment for childbirth and childcare even in emergencies.
Yasuoka Village aims to create a gentle community that supports the upbringing and childcare of all children and young people throughout the region, based on the idea that guaranteeing children's rights is essential for their rich and healthy growth.
This time, "Boshi-mo," which allows paper maternal and child health handbook data to be recorded as digital data and has been introduced in over 830 municipalities, has been adopted. In line with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's policy to promote the use of electronic maternal and child health handbooks and maternal and child health DX, its operation will commence.
"Boshi-mo" is an app that easily supports vaccination schedules, health check-up result management, and local information distribution via smartphones, tablets, and PCs. Since data is stored in the cloud, it serves as a backup in case of loss of the maternal and child health handbook due to disasters, and also supports continued use when relocating to other municipalities or changing devices, allowing users to continue using it with peace of mind.
◆ Yasuoka Village, Nagano Prefecture, which strongly supports childcare families with diverse support measures, starts offering "Boshi-mo"!
Yasuoka Village celebrates the birth of children by providing congratulatory money for childbirth: 100,000 yen for the first child, 200,000 yen for the second child, and 500,000 yen for the third and subsequent children. Furthermore, it supports the healthy growth of children while reducing the economic burden on childcare households by capping the guardian's out-of-pocket expenses for childcare fees for children under 3 years old and supplementary meal fees for children aged 3 and over at 3,000 yen per month.
In addition, the "Postpartum Care Project" is implemented for mothers and their children under one year old after childbirth, promoting the creation of an environment where childcare can be done with peace of mind. Care can be selected from overnight stay, day-trip, or home-visit types, providing specialized support for postpartum recovery and childcare anxiety. Furthermore, the village bears 90% of the usage fees, aiming to reduce the physical, psychological, and economic burden on childcare households.
This time, "Boshi-mo" has been adopted as a new tool for disseminating childcare information, in order to make the village's initiatives more conveniently accessible to childcare households.
◆ Comprehensive support for pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare with a community-based childcare app!
"Nijiiro Techo," adopted by Yasuoka Village, is a service compatible with smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It is equipped with convenient functions that help mothers and fathers busy with childcare and work, such as recording and managing health data for expectant mothers and children, managing vaccination schedules, providing advice on childbirth and childcare, sharing functions with family members such as grandparents living in distant areas, and notifying local information distributed by the village.
"Dekitayo Kinenbi" (Achieved Milestones), which can be used as a childcare diary, was created based on the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's model format for maternal and child health handbooks. It not only allows recording developmental stages and childcare-related milestones, including the "parent's record" in the maternal and child health handbook, with photos and messages, but also serves as a guide for children's growth and development.
Furthermore, even when social environmental changes occur due to the impact of infectious diseases, the app can instantly deliver important information such as cautionary notices from the municipality and advice from public health nurses to those who need it via text and video, supporting the creation of a safe environment for childbirth and childcare even in emergencies.