Maternal and Child Health Handbook App 'Boshimo' Launches in Sagara Village, Kumamoto Prefecture!

The maternal and child health handbook app 'Boshimo,' operated by Boshimo Inc., has been introduced in Sagara Village, Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture, and has been available as the 'Sagara Village Parenting App Chachakko' since April 1st (Wednesday).

Sagara Village, with the basic philosophy of “creating a village full of charm where children can grow up with peace of mind and enrichment,” is working to create a community where parents can raise children with confidence for the future by providing seamless support from pregnancy and childbirth through infancy to adolescence.
This time, 'Boshimo,' which has been introduced in over 830 municipalities and allows the data from paper maternal and child health handbooks to be recorded as digital data, has been adopted. The operation will start based on the policy of utilizing the electronic version of the maternal and child health handbook at the Children and Families Agency and promoting Maternal and Child Health DX*1.
'Boshimo' is an app that easily supports services such as vaccination schedules, health checkup result management, and local information distribution on smartphones, tablets, and PCs. Since the 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 it also supports continued use when moving to other municipalities or changing phone models, allowing users to continue using it with peace of mind.

◆'Boshimo' launches in Sagara Village, Kumamoto Prefecture, supporting everyone involved in child-rearing with various measures!

Sagara Village provides one pack of paper diapers per month to families raising infants until the child's second birthday. In addition, for children from two years old to the first grade of elementary school, the village offers free dental checkups, fluoride applications, and health guidance, providing multifaceted support for the economic well-being of child-rearing households and the healthy growth of children.
Furthermore, the village holds the 'Chacha Club' as a place where parents, grandparents, expectant parents, and those interested in child-rearing can casually stop by and relax. At the 'Chacha Club,' in addition to parenting consultations and information exchange, activities such as picture book reading, yoga, and craft projects are held, making it a beloved community gathering spot.
This time, 'Boshimo' was adopted as a new tool for disseminating child-rearing information to make the village's initiatives more convenient for child-rearing households.

◆Strongly supporting pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting with a community-focused app!

The 'Sagara Village Parenting App Chachakko,' adopted by Sagara Village, is a service compatible with smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It is packed with convenient functions to help busy mothers and fathers, such as recording and managing health data for pregnant women and children, managing vaccination schedules, providing advice on childbirth and parenting, a function for sharing with family members like grandparents living far away, and notifying users of local information distributed by the village.
The 'Dekita yo Kinenbi' (I Did It Anniversary) feature, which can be used as a parenting diary, was created based on the Children and Families Agency's maternal and child health handbook format examples. It not only allows users to record developmental stages and parenting-related anniversaries, including the 'Guardian's Records' section of the handbook, with photos and messages, but also serves as a guide for the child's growth and development.
Furthermore, even when social and environmental changes occur due to infectious diseases, the app supports the creation of an environment where childbirth and parenting can be done with peace of mind even in emergencies, by instantly delivering important information such as cautionary notices from the municipality and advice from public health nurses to those who need it via text or video.

＜Comment from Mr. Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Mayor of Sagara Village, Kumamoto Prefecture＞