Importance of Engaging Partners in Digital Postpartum Depression Prevention: Qualitative Study
Participants in qualitative interviews designed to optimize the adaptation of a maternal postpartum depression intervention into a novel smartphone app noted that the app could be more useful if were delivered simultaneously to both parents; this calls for additional research on the feasibility and effectiveness of digital dyadic or stand-alone partner interventions to prevent postpartum depression.
Authors
- Caron Zlotnick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-7902)
- William A. Grobman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3979-0738)
- Kate Morrow Guthrie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5528-1212)
- Emily S. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9927-1043)
- Crystal F. Ware (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5069-2488)
- G. Belmonte García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1549-131X)
- Adam Korrick Lewkowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8706-1409)
- Melissa Guillen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8783-2358)
- Soudabeh Shahid Sales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7079-9394)
- Liana Lum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9709-451X)
- Katrina Ursino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6652-441X)
- Saloni Taneja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5580-6097)
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- Department of Health Services (NP)
- Department of Health Services (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/71764
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00