Boosting Societal Adaptation and Mental Health in a Rapidly Digitalising, Post-Pandemic Europe (BOOTSTRAP)

在快速数字化的疫情后欧洲促进社会适应和心理健康 (BOOTSTRAP)

• 批准号: 10075008
• 金额: $ 147.46万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10075008
• 关键词: Boosting; Societal; Adaptation; Mental; Health

Project summary BACKGROUND: Adolescents are at particularly high risk for digital technology overuse, including in response to the COVID pandemic, and are therefore vulnerable for its potential harmful effects on mental health. Problematic usage of the internet (PUI) is thought to represent a marker of disrupted self-management, with major consequences for individual and societal health and wellbeing. AIM: Bootstrap brings together a multidisciplinary consortium aiming to initiate health and social policy and practice change designed to reduce the harmful effects of digitalization on mental health, particularly for young people. APPROACH: We will co-create a digital screening and assessment platform to understand which individuals are at-risk for developing PUI. Algorithm-based models will be used to predict which individual will benefit from which type of self-management intervention, and these preventative behavioral interventions will be tested for their (cost)effectiveness. Finally, we will develop a policy toolkit in co-design with stakeholders, to promote human digital rights accountability at the local, national, and European level. IMPACT: Bootstrap will provide unprecedented scientific knowledge on the psychological mechanisms underlying (risk for) PUI and potential interventions. Improved self-management and tools to optimize healthy internet usage will promote mental health and prevent mental ill health in adolescents, and contribute to reducing stigma. In addition, our policy toolkit will empower policy makers and private companies to (self)regulate with the intent to protect vulnerable groups. In the long run, Bootstrap will thus contribute to improving mental wellbeing across Europe and beyond.

项目摘要背景：青少年过度使用数字技术的风险特别高，包括为了应对新冠疫情，因此很容易受到其对心理健康的潜在有害影响。互联网使用问题 (PUI) 被认为是自我管理混乱的标志，会对个人和社会的健康和福祉产生重大影响。目标：Bootstrap 汇集了一个多学科联盟，旨在发起健康和社会政策并实践变革，旨在减少数字化对心理健康（尤其是年轻人）的有害影响。方法：我们将共同创建一个数字筛查和评估平台，以了解哪些人有患 PUI 的风险。基于算法的模型将用于预测哪些人将从哪种类型的自我管理干预中受益，并且将测试这些预防性行为干预的（成本）有效性。最后，我们将与利益相关者共同设计一个政策工具包，以促进地方、国家和欧洲层面的人权问责制。影响：Bootstrap 将提供有关 PUI 潜在心理机制（风险）和潜在干预措施的前所未有的科学知识。改善自我管理和优化健康互联网使用的工具将促进青少年的心理健康并预防心理疾病，并有助于减少耻辱。此外，我们的政策工具包将使政策制定者和私营公司能够（自我）监管，以保护弱势群体。从长远来看，Bootstrap 将有助于改善整个欧洲及其他地区的心理健康。