Implementing a Digital Mental Health Intervention—the Lumi Nova App—to Support Children With Anxiety in Economically Disadvantaged Areas: Mixed Methods Study
The study demonstrated that a digital mental health intervention could be successfully deployed within economically disadvantaged areas in the United Kingdom to support children experiencing anxiety. Expected barriers to the deployment of digital mental health interventions in economically disadvantaged areas (eg, lack of access to smartphones, data plans, and lack of technical skills) were not reported. Digital mental health interventions have the potential to address current gaps in mental health provision for disadvantaged individuals and communities.
Authors
- Charlotte Stockton-Powdrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3688-308X)
- N. Bolton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0610-8088)
- Kathryn Mary Abel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-8896)
- Lesley‐Anne Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1193-8681)
- Heidi Tranter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1530-4018)
- Manjul Rathee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8067-9599)
- Pauline Whelan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-3919)
- John Sainsbury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-4865)
Institutions
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Sky (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2025-07-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/60611
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00