Associations between social support, mental wellbeing, self-efficacy and technology use in first-time antenatal women: Data from the BaBBLeS cohort study

Funding

We would like to acknowledge that this work was funded by the charity Best Beginnings following a competitive tender process. Best Beginnings was awarded funding from the Big Lottery Fund to develop and promote their Baby Buddy app as a digital health innovation and to commission the academic evaluation of the app. This research was undertaken whilst the first (SG) and last author (RL) were based at the Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University. We are grateful to the women who took part in the BaBBLeS study and all the midwives and other healthcare staff who were involved in the recruitment of participants. We are also indebted to a number of individuals who provided valuable technical and statistical support including Dr. Viviana Albani, Dr. Tomos Robinson, Professor Elaine McColl and Ms. Helen Mossop. This study was funded by Best Beginnings through the Big Lottery Fund. The funder played no role in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, nor in the writing of this manuscript.