Maternal and Child Health Handbook App 'Boshi-mo' Launched in Koami Town, Nagano Prefecture!

Boshi-mo Co., Ltd.'s Maternal and Child Health Handbook app 'Boshi-mo' has been introduced in Koami Town, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture, and began offering services as the 'Koami Childcare Support App' from Wednesday, April 1st.

Koami Town's basic philosophy is "a town where all children grow up healthy in mind and body, and are born and raised brightly and energetically." The town aims to create a community where families and the community support each other, all children can grow up safely and freely, and parents can experience the joy and purpose of raising children.

This time, 'Boshi-mo,' which allows digital recording of paper maternal and child health handbook data and has been adopted by over 830 local governments, was selected. Its operation began in line with the Children and Families Agency's policy※1 to utilize electronic maternal and child health handbooks and promote maternal and child health DX.

'Boshi-mo' is an app that easily supports vaccination schedules, health checkup result management, and local information distribution on 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 continuous use when moving to another municipality or changing devices, allowing users to continue using it with peace of mind.

◆ 'Boshi-mo' Launched in Koami Town, Nagano Prefecture, a Town Attractive for its Support for Children and Parents to Grow and Raise Children with Peace of Mind!

Koami Town provides "Childcare Support Coupons (p-money)" at milestones when expenses increase, such as children's enrollment and graduation. It also actively works to reduce the economic burden on parenting households, such as subsidizing diaper purchase costs.

Furthermore, the 1-year-old consultation program offers individual interviews for developmental checks and consultations on childcare concerns, and provides two picture books to encourage reading aloud, enriching measures that broadly support parenting families.

This time, 'Boshi-mo' was adopted as a new tool for disseminating childcare information, to make the town's initiatives more conveniently accessible to parenting households.

◆ Comprehensive Support for Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Childcare with a Community-Based Childcare App!

The 'Koami Childcare Support App,' adopted by Koami Town, is a service compatible with smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It is equipped with convenient features that help busy mothers and fathers with childcare and work, such as recording and managing health data for pregnant women 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 users of local information distributed by the town.

The "Dekitayo Anniversary" (I Did It Anniversary) feature, which can be used as a childcare diary, was created based on the Children and Families Agency's sample format for maternal and child health handbooks. It allows users to record developmental stages and childcare-related anniversaries, including the "Parent's Record" in the maternal and child health handbook, along with photos and messages, and 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 local government and advice from public health nurses to those who need it via text and video, supporting the creation of an environment where childbirth and childcare can be done with peace of mind even in emergencies.

＜Main Features of the 'Koami Childcare Support App'＞