COVID-era parenting app helps reduce postpartum depression
MobiHealth News January 10, 2024
The mobile app developed by NUS Nursing can also help raise the developmental outcomes of infants.
The Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore has developed a mobile parenting app which found to be particularly helpful for mothers dealing with postpartum depression amid the recent global pandemic.
The Supportive Parenting app provides information and tips through videos, podcasts, and written articles based on the expertise of Singaporean obstetricians, psychiatrists, nurses, and midwives. It has information on parental self-care, parenting, and baby care (including tutorials on baby bathing, bonding with the newborn, and breastfeeding). It also offers tips on coping with psychological and emotional challenges after birth.
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