Closing the COVID-19 Psychological Treatment Gap for Cancer Patients in Alberta: Protocol for the Implementation and Evaluation of Text4Hope-Cancer Care

Vincent Israel Opoku Agyapong   ^{1, 2} , MD, MSc, PhD ;   Marianne Hrabok   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Reham Shalaby   ¹ , MD ;   Kelly Mrklas   ^{4, 5} , MSc ;   Wesley Vuong   ² , MPH ;   April Gusnowski   ² , BA ;   Shireen Surood   ² , PhD ;   Andrew James Greenshaw   ^{1, 6} , PhD ;   Nnamdi Nkire   ¹ , MD

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

² Addiction and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada

³ Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁴ Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Edmonton, AB, Canada

⁵ Strategic Clinical Networks, Provincial Clinical Excellence, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁶ APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health, Edmonton, AB, Canada