Insights

• Fear of being judge

• Mothers are afraid to seek help

• Mothers assume time will help them cope

• Fear of loosing their baby if brought to third party’s attention.

• Ignoring symptoms due The overwhelmingness of postpartum.

How Might We ?

Let new moms open up about their PPD?

Make New mothers feel safe about sharing their anxiety?

Create a tool that makes new moms feel confident to address their depression?

How might we keep their identity anonymous throughout the process?

Convince them to evaluate their mental health?

Research Methodology

Online research

Interviews with mothers

Interview with Therapists

Surveys

Solution

• Designed and developed an Android Mobile Application, the app allows users to self-evaluate themselves anonymously.

• Developed using Java and Kotlin.

• No login or personal information is needed.

• A Questionnaire with 10 questions related to users feelings on a daily basis.

• Users are asked to choose one answer at a time.

• Users have the freedom to open up and provide sincere answers to the questionnaire.

• Self-evaluation can be done as much as needed

• At the end of the ten questions evaluation, users will be able to see their score, It will sort the result according to their level | (Mild, Medium or High risk)

• If Mild and Medium, Users are advice to keep monitoring until they reach lowest score.

• In the event where the result is displaying High Level, User is urged to bring it to a healthcare provider’s attention.

Build a tool to accommodate users following needs

• Privacy | No jugement

• No appointments

• Handy tool with a 24/7 access

• Prompt results

• Help mothers to take control over their fear and anxiety.

• Self evaluation = Self control + self Improvement

User flows