Co-design of eHealth Interventions With Children and Young People

Thabrew, Hiran; Fleming, Theresa; Hetrick, Sarah; Merry, Sally

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00481

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“…Experts agree that the effective design of digital health interventions requires a user-centered and iterative approach (27, 28), particularly for adolescents who are often early adopters of digital technology (11, 29). The aims of this study were to examine how adolescents receiving public mental health services use digital technology and social media and to explore their preferences for using technology to support health and wellness.…”

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Adolescents' Use of Digital Technologies and Preferences for Mobile Health Coaching in Public Mental Health Settings

Aschbrenner

Naslund

Tomlinson

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Front. Public Health

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Objective: Youth with mental illnesses often engage in unhealthy behaviors associated with early mortality from physical diseases in adulthood, but interventions to support positive health behaviors are rarely offered as part of routine mental health care for this group. Digital health technology that is desirable, accessible, and affordable has the potential to address health behaviors in public mental health settings where many adolescents with severe mental health problems receive care. The aims of this study were to examine how adolescents receiving public mental health services use digital technology and social media and to explore their preferences using technology to support health and wellness. Methods: Using a convergent parallel mixed methods design, we surveyed adolescents ages 13-18 from four community mental health centers in one state and conducted focus group interviews to explore their perspectives on using digital technology and social media to receive health coaching and connect with peers to support healthy behaviors. The survey and focus group data were merged to inform the future development of a digital health intervention for adolescents receiving public mental health services. Results: Of 121 survey respondents (mean age 15.2, SD = 1.5), 92% had a cell phone, 79% had a smartphone, 90% used text messaging, and 98% used social media. Focus group interviews revealed that adolescents were interested in receiving strengths-based mobile health coaching, and they preferred structured online peer-to-peer interactions in which a professional moderator promotes positive connections and adherence to privacy guidelines. Conclusions: Adolescents receiving public mental health services in this study had access to smartphones and were frequent social media users. These data suggest that digital health interventions to promote health and wellness among adolescents may be scalable in community mental health settings. Adolescent participants suggested that digital health interventions for this group should focus on strengths and online peer support for health promotion should include a professional moderator to foster and manage peer-to-peer interactions.

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Adolescents' Use of Digital Technologies and Preferences for Mobile Health Coaching in Public Mental Health Settings

Aschbrenner

Naslund

Tomlinson

et al. 2019

Front. Public Health

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“…Collaborative sessions will ensure that the participants are engaged and feel that they are in a comfortable environment to explore their lived experience. Moreover, participants will be more likely to ascertain their opinion of whether an intervention-style will work or not [ 28 ].…”

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“…Currently, adolescents have low uptake of health interventions across many areas [ 32 , 33 , 34 ], due to a lack of initial engagement. Researchers hypothesize that by co-creating health interventions with adolescents, adolescents and their peers will be more likely to actively engage with the intervention, which will be useful in the long-term [ 28 ].…”

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“…Therefore, co-creation sessions should be fun and enjoyable, as well as productive in gaining trust and developing a platform for sharing experiences. Additionally, to investigate ideas further, it is essential researchers have a semi-structured session with a set of overarching ideas to explore and be flexible to allow the exploration of relevant new ideas [ 28 ].…”

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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adolescents: eHealth, Co-Creation, and Advocacy

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally. Early atherosclerotic changes can begin to occur early in life and though adolescence. The prevalence of modifiable CVD risk factors, namely, smoking, poor diet quality, excessive alcohol intake, physical inactivity, and overweight and obesity can exacerbate the early onset of atherosclerosis. There is a need to improve modifiable risk factors during adolescence to prevent progression to CVD in later life. Electronic health (eHealth) behaviour change interventions are a potential solution for adolescents to improve CVD risk factors, given adolescents are digital frontrunners and digital technology is wide-reaching. The process of co-creating eHealth behaviour change interventions with adolescents is a promising strategy to improve intervention effectiveness and engagement. Additionally, effective youth advocacy is an emerging strategy for CVD prevention in adolescents. This narrative review evaluates published eHealth behaviour change interventions targeting cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents, which utilize a co-creation process, describe the emerging role of advocacy in CVD prevention for adolescents and provide recommendations for future interventions.

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“…Co-design is a collaborative process, in which participants take an active role in the design of the intervention alongside academics and other relevant stakeholders [47]. The aim of co-design is to create a more satisfactory intervention and increase the likelihood of success and support of the innovation through the active involvement of the community and organisations [48]. Co-design is utilized in participatory methodologies, such as PAR [49], as it emphasises community empowerment and ownership [47,50,51].…”

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Co-Designing an Intervention to Increase HIV Testing Uptake with Women from Indonesia At-Risk of HIV: Protocol for a Participatory Action Research Study

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Crawford

Lobo

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Early diagnosis is a critical component of the global response to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In Australia, more than two-thirds of women from Southeast Asia are diagnosed late with HIV. There is limited evidence regarding the barriers to HIV testing and which interventions work to increase an uptake among migrants living in high-income countries. This participatory action research (PAR) project will work with women from Indonesia to co-design an intervention to increase HIV testing uptake in Western Australia. The project will involve trained community researchers, representatives from relevant organizations, and community women born in Indonesia. We will conduct three PAR cycles. Phase one will use focus groups to understand enablers for HIV testing among community members. In phase two, data will be presented back to members of the participating communities who will be invited to co-design an intervention to increase HIV testing. The final cycle will focus on implementing and evaluating the resulting intervention. This project will add to the small body of literature on pathways and enablers to HIV testing, and to new insights regarding interventions that work for women from migrant communities and why.

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Co-design of eHealth Interventions With Children and Young People

Cited by 231 publications

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Adolescents' Use of Digital Technologies and Preferences for Mobile Health Coaching in Public Mental Health Settings

Adolescents' Use of Digital Technologies and Preferences for Mobile Health Coaching in Public Mental Health Settings

Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adolescents: eHealth, Co-Creation, and Advocacy

Co-Designing an Intervention to Increase HIV Testing Uptake with Women from Indonesia At-Risk of HIV: Protocol for a Participatory Action Research Study

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