MilitaryKidsConnect: Web-based prevention services for military children.

Blasko, Kelly A.

doi:10.1037/ser0000025

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“…After the project, team identified the key goals of the RWC website redesign—mobile accessibility, improving usability, increasing engagement, and ready access to crisis resources—prototype designs for the new website underwent usability testing with end‐user service members (see McCreight et al, 2019). Website updates were based on previous work on mobile accessibility used by similar military websites, including MilitaryKidsConnect and AfterDeployment (Blasko, 2015; Bush et al, 2014). Usability testing was based on a heuristic evaluation model and was conducted using a moderated test, in which a facilitator walked through prototype designs together with the service member participant (Unger & Chandler, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

Enhancing suicide prevention outreach via mobile‐enabled website design

Slay

Castille

Hong

et al. 2021

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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Online outreach campaigns are a potential public health method for reaching service members at risk for suicide. The Real Warriors Campaign website underwent a full redesign in 2019 to enhance its ability to provide crisis resources and increase engagement by adopting a mobile‐first strategy and implementing a responsive framework, meaning the site renders properly on all devices, including desktop, tablets, and mobile. Usability testing with end‐user service members led to several innovations on the website, including a one‐click banner that directly linked users on their mobile phones to crisis resources, the redesign of menus and content to better display on mobile devices, and promoting use of website resources through gateway topics. Comparing the 6 months before and after the mobile redesign showed significant increases in new mobile users, pages viewed on mobile devices, and new users coming to the site through social media. There was also a significant increase in specific help‐seeking actions by users, including use of referral links and live chat, as well as 200 individuals accessing crisis phone lines through new one‐click dialing banners. Suicide prevention campaigns should continue to optimize their online presence to reach groups at risk. This study of the website redesign from the Real Warriors Campaign illustrates several best practices in digital outreach as applied to suicide prevention, including leveraging usability testing, synching outreach material with social media, and ensuring mobile compatibility.

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confidence: 99%

Enhancing suicide prevention outreach via mobile‐enabled website design

Slay

Castille

Hong

et al. 2021

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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“…Another online resource specifi cally targeting youth is Military Kids Connect (MKC; MilitaryKidsConnect.org), which was created by the Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) and National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2; Blasko, 2015 ). The content is relevant for all Service branches including Reserves and National Guard.…”

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confidence: 99%

Parenting and Children's Resilience in Military Families

Gewirtz¹,

Youssef

2016

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“…The MFC at NYU Langone Health is funded through private and public grants. The clinic’s mission is to attend to the military family system as a whole, given the scarcity of mental health resources nationwide in this area (Blasko, ; Mogil et al, ). As of August 2018, MFC had treated approximately 1,870 patients, most in the clinic’s Manhattan office.…”

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confidence: 99%