What is HEDI?
HEDI answers important questions about pregnancy and connects its users with contact persons and help centers in the region. For this purpose, we have developed a multilingual platform optimized for use with mobile phones, which is free of charge and free of advertising.
Information and contacts for pregnant women, counsellors and practitioners in five languages.
HEDI for ...
pregnant women, midwives, doctors and consultants
Pregnant Women & Young Families
HEDI facilitates communication with midwives, doctors and points of contact at social organizations. The platform offers pregnant women and young families accurate information about pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period.
- HEDI offers users informative, easy-to-understand factual texts and multimedia information, which has been developed together with experts.
- All of the information is multilingual and supported with an audio version.
- Medical knowledge, information on how to complete bureaucratic formalities and counselling topics are directly linked to the contact details of local contact persons.
Midwives
HEDI gives midwives a secure communication tool that can help them overcome language barriers while caring for and counselling pregnant women.
- Multilingual information on topics related to prenatal care can be intelligently integrated into counselling and communication.
Doctors & Consultants
Gynecologists, pediatricians and employees of counselling centers and government agencies can integrate HEDI into their work as a multilingual and safe source of information.
- Complicated topics are presented in an understandable manner using clear language and multimedia content. The multilingual information can be used to assist with treatment and counselling.
- Regional contact persons can be found quickly based on specific topics. They can be named directly to the pregnant women during the counselling session.
- With a public profile, counsellors and practitioners can present themselves and their areas of specialization. This makes it possible for pregnant women and young families to independently obtain an overview of the support services available in their region.
Join In
HEDI is not only developed for future users, but also together with them. If you also have suggestions, questions or critique you would like to share or if you would like to participate as a test person, please write us an email!
Support
HEDI is supported by a large network of committed midwives, early assistance specialists, gynecologists, pediatricians, psychologist/social worker counsellors, government employees of regional districts, their agencies and administrative offices. Last but not least, young mothers from southern Lower Saxony shared their personal experiences with us.
Special thanks go to the HEDI quality assurance circle, which is monitoring the platform’s development over the long term:
Laila Bardowicks
Midwife
Petra Bartels
Pediatric nurse/early assistance specialist
Dr. Mareike Ernst
Senior physician for gynecology/obstetrics, Göttingen University Medical Centre
Dr. Melanie Faber
Gynecologist
Heike Furmanowski
Midwife/early assistance specialist
Dagmar Gessert
Early Assistance & Child Protection Network for the city and regional district of Göttingen
Alma Hisenaj
Healthcare & pediatric nurse
Elisabeth Kastner
Pro Familia Göttingen
Ingrid Lohmann
Midwife
Irene Meyer
Midwife
Sonja Sammüller
Midwife
Hildegard Schütz
Caritas for South Lower Saxony
Shahrzad Seyedi
Midwife/early assistance specialist
Michaela Unger
Coordinator of the Early Assistance Network & Early Assistance Specialists, District of Northeim
Susanne Wollenweber-Breme
Pediatrician
Project Team
The aidminutes.org gUG (haftungsbeschränkt) is responsible for the content and technical realization of the project. The project is monitored and evaluated by the Sociological Research Institute Göttingen (SOFI) e. V.. As project partners, the districts of Northeim, Göttingen and the city of Göttingen have enabled the development and adaptation of the app for their residents.
