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Digital health tools to support parents with parent-infant sleep and mental well-being

Ball, Helen L.; Keegan, Alice-Amber

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Digital technology is increasingly important in people’s lives, particularly for new parents as it allows them to access information, stay connected to peers and offers them seductive solutions for improving infant sleep and parental well-being. Digital technology has been developed to support parents in the following four ways: (1) providing digital information on infant sleep, (2) offering targeted support for night-time care, (3) managing infant sleep and (4) monitoring infant sleep and safety. Evidence on the effectiveness of these strategies is varied and there are concerns regarding the reliability of information, use of personal data, commercial exploitation of parents, and the effects of replacing caregiver presence with digital technology.

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Ball, H. L., & Keegan, A.-A. (2022). Digital health tools to support parents with parent-infant sleep and mental well-being. npj Digital Medicine, 5(1), Article 185. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00732-4

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 29, 2022
Online Publication Date Dec 21, 2022
Publication Date 2022
Deposit Date Dec 26, 2022
Publicly Available Date Jan 3, 2023
Journal npj Digital Medicine
Print ISSN 2398-6352
Publisher Nature Research
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 5
Issue 1
Article Number 185
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00732-4
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1184627

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