@Article{info:doi/10.2196/resprot.6446,
author="Wiljer, David
and Abi-Jaoude, Alexxa
and Johnson, Andrew
and Ferguson, Genevieve
and Sanches, Marcos
and Levinson, Andrea
and Robb, Janine
and Heffernan, Olivia
and Herzog, Tyson
and Chaim, Gloria
and Cleverley, Kristin
and Eysenbach, Gunther
and Henderson, Joanna
and Hoch, Jeffrey S
and Hollenberg, Elisa
and Jiang, Huan
and Isaranuwatchai, Wanrudee
and Law, Marcus
and Sharpe, Sarah
and Tripp, Tim
and Voineskos, Aristotle",
title="Enhancing Self-Efficacy for Help-Seeking Among Transition-Aged Youth in Postsecondary Settings With Mental Health and/or Substance Use Concerns, Using Crowd-Sourced Online and Mobile Technologies: The Thought Spot Protocol",
journal="JMIR Res Protoc",
year="2016",
month="Nov",
day="04",
volume="5",
number="4",
pages="e201",
keywords="mental health; substance use; help-seeking; participatory action research; eHealth; mobile applications; crowd-sourcing; transition-aged youth{\emspace}",
abstract="Background: Seventy percent of lifetime cases of mental illness emerge prior to age 24. While early detection and intervention can address approximately 70{\%} of child and youth cases of mental health concerns, the majority of youth with mental health concerns do not receive the services they need. Objective: The objective of this paper is to describe the protocol for optimizing and evaluating Thought Spot, a Web- and mobile-based platform cocreated with end users that is designed to improve the ability of students to access mental health and substance use services. Methods: This project will be conducted in 2 distinct phases, which will aim to (1) optimize the existing Thought Spot electronic health/mobile health intervention through youth engagement, and (2) evaluate the impact of Thought Spot on self-efficacy for mental health help-seeking and health literacy among university and college students. Phase 1 will utilize participatory action research and participatory design research to cocreate and coproduce solutions with members of our target audience. Phase 2 will consist of a randomized controlled trial to test the hypothesis that the Thought Spot intervention will show improvements in intentions for, and self-efficacy in, help-seeking for mental health concerns. Results: We anticipate that enhancements will include (1) user analytics and feedback mechanisms, (2) peer mentorship and/or coaching functionality, (3) crowd-sourcing and data hygiene, and (4) integration of evidence-based consumer health and research information. Conclusions: This protocol outlines the important next steps in understanding the impact of the Thought Spot platform on the behavior of postsecondary, transition-aged youth students when they seek information and services related to mental health and substance use. ",
issn="1929-0748",
doi="10.2196/resprot.6446",
url="http://www.researchprotocols.org/2016/4/e201/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.6446",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27815232"
}