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Non-Randomized Studies (funded, eHealth) (136) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1749) HIV/AIDS/STI Prevention and Care (1079) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (4187) Usability of Apps and User Perceptions of mHealth (1231) mHealth in the Developing World/LMICs, Underserved Communities, and for Global Health (739) Chronic Disease Self-Management in Childhood and Adolescence (196) Health Education for Children and Adolescents (68) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (795) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (780)

Published on in Vol 13 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/55559, first published .
Development and Pilot-Testing of an Optimized Conversational Agent or “Chatbot” for Peruvian Adolescents Living With HIV to Facilitate Mental Health Screening, Education, Self-Help, and Linkage to Care: Protocol for a Mixed Methods, Community-Engaged Study

Development and Pilot-Testing of an Optimized Conversational Agent or “Chatbot” for Peruvian Adolescents Living With HIV to Facilitate Mental Health Screening, Education, Self-Help, and Linkage to Care: Protocol for a Mixed Methods, Community-Engaged Study

Development and Pilot-Testing of an Optimized Conversational Agent or “Chatbot” for Peruvian Adolescents Living With HIV to Facilitate Mental Health Screening, Education, Self-Help, and Linkage to Care: Protocol for a Mixed Methods, Community-Engaged Study

Authors of this article:

Jerome T Galea1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Diego H Vasquez3 Author Orcid Image ;   Neil Rupani4 Author Orcid Image ;   Moya B Gordon1 Author Orcid Image ;   Milagros Tapia3 Author Orcid Image ;   Karah Y Greene1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lenka Kolevic5, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Molly F Franke2 Author Orcid Image ;   Carmen Contreras1, 3, 7 Author Orcid Image
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Journals

  1. Sempere A, González‐Rioja X, Martinez E. AI in medicine: No longer the future, but the present. HIV Medicine 2025;26(2):182 View
  2. Rupani N, Vasquez D, Contreras C, Menacho L, Tapia M, Kolevic L, Franke M, Galea J. “Un amigo secreto”: perceived acceptability of a chatbot for depression education, self-help and linkage to care among adolescents living with HIV in Peru. AIDS Care 2025;37(10):1718 View
  3. Seniutis M, Sas A, Gružauskas V. Exploring More-than-human Ethics of Large Language Models in Social Service Delivery. Ethics and Social Welfare 2026:1 View
  4. Madera F, Nicodemo G, Guasco S, Ciulli T, Cardinali P. A Scoping Review of Conversational Agents in Adolescence. European Psychologist 2026 View

Conference Proceedings

  1. Williams L, Ankrah E, Draper C, Cook C, Cibrian F, Beltran Verdugo J, Lakes K, Hayes G. Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial African Human-Computer Interaction Conference. Design Considerations for Conversational Agents to Assess the Social-emotional Well-being of Young Children in Low-Income South African Communities View