Published on in Vol 10, No 11 (2022): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/32757, first published .
First-time Mothers’ Understanding and Use of a Pregnancy and Parenting Mobile App (The Baby Buddy App): Qualitative Study Using Appreciative Inquiry

First-time Mothers’ Understanding and Use of a Pregnancy and Parenting Mobile App (The Baby Buddy App): Qualitative Study Using Appreciative Inquiry

First-time Mothers’ Understanding and Use of a Pregnancy and Parenting Mobile App (The Baby Buddy App): Qualitative Study Using Appreciative Inquiry

Elizabeth Bailey   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Samantha Nightingale   4 , MRes ;   Nicky Thomas   5 , MSc ;   Dawn Coleby   6 , PhD ;   Toity Deave   7 , PhD ;   Trudy Goodenough   7 , PhD ;   Samuel Ginja   8 , PhD ;   Raghu Lingam   9 , PhD ;   Sally Kendall   10 , PhD ;   Crispin Day   11 , PhD ;   Jane Coad   3, 12 , PhD

1 Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

2 Elizabeth Bryan Multiple Births Centre, Centre for Social Care, Health and Related Research, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom

4 George Eliot NHS Trust, Nuneaton, United Kingdom

5 Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

6 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

7 School of Health and Social Wellbeing, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom

8 School of Psychology, Ulster University, Ulster, United Kingdom

9 University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

10 Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

11 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom

12 School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Jane Coad, PhD
  • School of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
  • University of Nottingham
  • Queens Medical Centre
  • Derby Rd, Lenton
  • Nottingham, NG7 2UH
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 07717416441
  • Email: jane.coad@nottingham.ac.uk