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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/60611, first published .
Implementing a Digital Mental Health Intervention—the Lumi Nova App—to Support Children With Anxiety in Economically Disadvantaged Areas: Mixed Methods Study

Implementing a Digital Mental Health Intervention—the Lumi Nova App—to Support Children With Anxiety in Economically Disadvantaged Areas: Mixed Methods Study

Implementing a Digital Mental Health Intervention—the Lumi Nova App—to Support Children With Anxiety in Economically Disadvantaged Areas: Mixed Methods Study

Pauline Whelan   1, 2 , PhD ;   Heidi Tranter   2, 3 , PhD ;   Lesley-Anne Carter   4 , PhD ;   John Sainsbury   5 , MSc ;   Manjul Rathee   6 , MSc (Hons) ;   Charlotte Stockton-Powdrell   1 , MA (Hons) ;   Niamh Bolton   6 , MSc ;   Kathryn Mary Abel   2, 3 , PhD

1 Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

2 GM.Digital Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

3 Centre for Women’s Mental Health, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

4 Centre for Biostatistics, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

5 Research and Innovation, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

6 BFB Labs, London, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Pauline Whelan, PhD
  • Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, School of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester
  • The Christabel Pankhurst Institute, Oxford Road
  • Manchester M139PT
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 161 306 6000
  • Email: pauline.whelan@manchester.ac.uk