Half of all premature births in the United States have preterm birth associated risk factors. • Prematurity education is currently offered to parents upon hospitalization for preterm birth. • Lack of prematurity education before the birth hospitalization leaves parents unprepared. • Smartphone-based prenatal prematurity education benefited parents at-risk for preterm birth. • In the majority of participants, the smartphone-based prenatal prematurity education did not increase parental anxiety.
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