Home but Not Alone

App is prepared to support new parents in the stressful early postpartum period.

This App is prepared to support new parents in the stressful early postpartum period. The aim is to provide continuity of support after the early discharge from the hospital. The parents will be supported by educational materials comprising a knowledge base content consisting of information materials specially focussed in enhancing parental self-efficacy, parenting satisfaction, decreasing anxiety and postnatal depression and awareness on social support from both formal and informal sources as well as videos and audios with a search function for easier access to information. To receive timely and reliable support asynchronous communication, where the participants can exchange messages and photos to consult midwife pertaining to their queries as well as peer discussion among themselves. This App has been created for a research purpose by a researcher at NUS and will be piloted among new parents to test its effectiveness on parental outcomes such as parenting self-efficacy, help seeking behaviours and emotional well-being. The content prepared are copyrighted to Dr Shefaly Shorey, Assistant Professor, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, NUS.