Wearable Digital Sensors to Identify Risks of Postpartum Depression and Personalize Psychological Treatment for Adolescent Mothers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Exploratory Study in Rural Nepal

Anubhuti Poudyal   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Alastair van Heerden   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Ashley Hagaman   ^{4, 5} , MPH, PhD ;   Sujen Man Maharjan   ⁶ , MA ;   Prabin Byanjankar   ⁶ , MSc ;   Prasansa Subba   ⁷ , MPhil ;   Brandon A Kohrt   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Division of Global Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States

² Human and Social Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

³ Medical Research Council/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

⁴ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

⁵ Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

⁶ Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

⁷ United Mission to Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

*these authors contributed equally