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Effect Of Digital Health Interventions On Suicidal Prevention Among Adolescents - A Systematic Review Protocol, Ngangom Karorpati Chanu, Siva N, Ushapriya M, Shelmi Antony, Sarah Hulugoji, Baby S Nayak Jul 2023

Effect Of Digital Health Interventions On Suicidal Prevention Among Adolescents - A Systematic Review Protocol, Ngangom Karorpati Chanu, Siva N, Ushapriya M, Shelmi Antony, Sarah Hulugoji, Baby S Nayak

Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

Introduction: Suicide is a global health crisis, ranking as the fourth leading cause of death among adolescents. The adolescent phase is marked by numerous challenges, such as increased academic pressures, evolving relationships with parents and peers, and self-identity development. Many of these suicides are preventable, but a significant number of young adolescents succumb to suicide due to a lack of awareness and access to support. Digital media, like all other forms of media, can either strengthen or weaken suicide prevention initiatives. Methods: A systematic review will adhere to the PRISMA guidelines. The systematic review will include randomized control trials of …


Protocol For An Ehub As An Systemic Intervention For Homeless Shelter Staff And Resident Psychosocial And Behavioral Needs, Celeste Sangiorgio, Cory Crane, Cassandra Berbery, Caroline Easton Apr 2022

Protocol For An Ehub As An Systemic Intervention For Homeless Shelter Staff And Resident Psychosocial And Behavioral Needs, Celeste Sangiorgio, Cory Crane, Cassandra Berbery, Caroline Easton

Frameless

Homeless shelter performance is presently operationalized as shelter success in linking homeless individuals to housing; however, there is a cluster of individuals with co-occurring serious mental health issues who engage in chronic and episodic re-entry into homeless shelters. Persistent and chronically mentally ill individuals who re-enter shelters increase demands on staff, who are inadequately trained to de- escalate, manage their internal distress, and connect these homeless residents to appropriate services. This protocol outlines an alternative intervention mechanism for shelters that targets a key, untreated pathway where staff and resident symptoms and skills are linked to shelter performance. We propose that …


Designing A Digital Interactive Emotion Measure (Diem) For Digital Media: Theoretical Foundations And Validation Protocols, Celeste Sangiorgio, Cassandra Berbary, Cory Crane, Caroline Easton Apr 2022

Designing A Digital Interactive Emotion Measure (Diem) For Digital Media: Theoretical Foundations And Validation Protocols, Celeste Sangiorgio, Cassandra Berbary, Cory Crane, Caroline Easton

Frameless

Awareness of emotions is often a treatment target in psychotherapy, but it is difficult to assess emotions due to ambiguity in measurement or scale design. Lack of clarity in scale design may increase risk that participant interpretations of scale items may not align with emotion constructs those scales were designed to capture. Furthermore, emphasis on verbal or written cues leads to low scientific representation of patients who cannot read emotion scales (e.g., low literacy). Touch-screen applications provide a unique opportunity to create a visual emotion measure which has low barriers but can be used to assess a high level of …