The Momba Mobile Application-based Community

The Momba Mobile Application-based Community

The investigators' mobile application-based community, termed Momba, will provide a bi-directional flow of information on maternal and infant mental health to traditionally underrepresented groups of mothers and their infants. The overall goal of this mobile application-based community of low-income postpartum women and infants is to increase the social support, social networks, and social capital of low-income mothers; thereby, leading to a positive change in the health behaviors, utilization of health services, and mental health status of both mothers and their infants.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women will be recruited in their third trimester of pregnancy from Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) and followed for 8 months postpartum.
• Women are eligible if they are over the age of 18, in their third trimester of pregnancy, will deliver a baby at YNHH and receive prenatal care at the Women's Center.
• Meet criteria for minor or major depressive disorder.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mothers are not eligible to participate if they have previously given birth
• Are placing the baby for adoption
• Are planning to move in the next 18 months
• Are actively suicidal, psychotic or unable to provide informed consent