SBIR Phase II: A Parent Coaching App to Help Support Children's Mental, Social and Emotional Health

SBIR 第二阶段：一款帮助支持儿童心理、社交和情感健康的家长辅导应用程序

• 批准号: 2302407
• 负责人: Nicole A Lipkin
• 金额: $ 94.99万
• 依托单位: HEYKIDDO, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2302407&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Parent; Coaching

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to empower parenting adults of children ages 5-12 years with the evidence-based tools they need to promote positive mental, social, and emotional health outcomes in their children. Approximately 5.7 million U.S. children between the ages 5-12 are diagnosed with a mental health condition, with an additional 20-60% suspected of being undiagnosed. Despite the importance of early intervention, only about 20% of these children receive treatment. Barriers to care, including access and affordability, become even more glaring in rural areas and in low income and communities of color. Innovative smartphone solutions can reach parenting adults from all backgrounds, as 85% of adults in the U.S. own a smartphone. This project offers an innovative, affordable, and accessible digital parenting solution, built by psychologists, educators, and developmental specialists, that seeks to close the child mental healthcare equity gap, in line with the NSF’s mission. Reduction solutions need to be prioritized to give children a chance at growing into healthy adults. The goal of the project is to build a parent coaching app, for parenting adults of children ages 5-12 years, that can tailor the content it delivers based on the specific physical, mental, social, and emotional needs of each child and parent. The key technical innovation at the heart of the app is its adaptive algorithms, which allow it to tailor the content journey based on a myriad of inputs. This core technology includes algorithms that deliver developmentally appropriate content suited for each unique family. In addition, the technology allows the app to detect when a higher level of care is needed and provides parents with education on seeking support. Integrating algorithms that track variable input allow the content to change over time, becoming more relevant and effective for evolving needs. This phase of research will be longitudinal and will include a significant sample size of parenting adult users in an effort to examine the functionality and positive impacts of the app, as well as to prepare the app for commercial launch in terms of scalability and security.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目的更广泛/商业影响是使5-12岁儿童的成年育儿人员能够使用他们所需的循证工具来促进他们孩子积极的心理、社会和情绪健康结果。大约有570万5-12岁的美国儿童被诊断出患有心理健康问题，另有20%-60%的儿童被怀疑没有得到诊断。尽管早期干预很重要，但这些儿童中只有20%左右接受了治疗。在农村地区、低收入和有色人种社区，护理障碍，包括获得机会和负担能力，变得更加明显。创新的智能手机解决方案可以接触到各种背景的育儿成年人，因为85%的美国成年人拥有智能手机。该项目提供了一种创新的、负担得起的、可访问的数字育儿解决方案，由心理学家、教育工作者和发展专家构建，旨在缩小儿童心理健康保健公平差距，与NSF的使命保持一致。需要优先考虑减排解决方案，让儿童有机会成长为健康的成年人。该项目的目标是为5-12岁儿童的成年父母构建一款家长指导应用程序，该应用程序可以根据每个孩子和父母的特定身体、心理、社交和情感需求定制内容。这款应用核心的关键技术创新是其自适应算法，这使得它能够根据大量输入定制内容之旅。这项核心技术包括提供适合每个独特家庭的适合发展的内容的算法。此外，这项技术还允许该应用程序检测到何时需要更高级别的护理，并为父母提供寻求支持的教育。集成跟踪变量输入的算法允许内容随着时间的推移而变化，变得更加相关和有效，以满足不断变化的需求。这一阶段的研究将是纵向的，将包括相当大的成年育儿用户样本，以努力检查应用程序的功能和积极影响，以及在可扩展性和安全性方面为应用程序的商业发布做准备。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。