Published on in Vol 9, No 8 (2020): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/20240, first published .
Closing the COVID-19 Psychological Treatment Gap for Cancer Patients in Alberta: Protocol for the Implementation and Evaluation of Text4Hope-Cancer Care

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

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

Corresponding Author:

  • Vincent Israel Opoku Agyapong, MD, MSc, PhD
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
  • University of Alberta
  • 1E1 Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre
  • 8440 112 St NW
  • Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7
  • Canada
  • Phone: 1 7807144315
  • Email: agyapong@ualberta.ca