Technology-Enabled Prevention Service for At-Risk Youth

为高危青少年提供技术支持的预防服务

• 批准号: 10055614
• 负责人: Ashley Arehart Knapp
• 金额: $ 17.68万
• 依托单位: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10055614
• 关键词: Address; Adolescent; Adult; Alcohol or Other Drugs use; Anxiety; Anxiety Disorders; Aptitude; Automobile Driving; Caring; Cognitive; Communities; Complement; Data Analytics; Development; Diagnostic; Educational workshop; Ensure; Evaluation; Experimental Designs; Feedback; Generations; Goals; Grant; Health; Healthcare; Immersion; Incidence; Infrastructure; Intervention; Laboratories; Literature; Mediating; Mental Depression; Mental Health; Mentored Research Scientist Development Award; Mentorship; Methodology; Methods; Outcome; Performance; Population; Prevention program; Preventive Intervention; Preventive healthcare; Process; Provider; Psychopathology; Randomized; Research; Research Project Grants; Risk; Scientist; Services; System; Technology; Teenagers; Testing; Training; Training Programs; Translating; Underserved Population; Work; Youth; anxiety symptoms; anxiety-related disorders; base; career; career development; childhood anxiety; community organizations; community partnership; community setting; computer human interaction; design; digital; efficacy testing; emotion dysregulation; evidence base; functional disability; intervention effect; iterative design; meetings; novel strategies; physical conditioning; pilot trial; prevent; prevention service; programs; prototype; psychologic; school health; skills; social relationships; software development; testing services; tool; usability; user centered design

PROJECT SUMMARY Anxiety disorders are the most common class of psychopathology among youth, with nearly a quarter of adolescents meeting 12-month diagnostic criteria. There is evidence that anxiety prevention programs can be effective for youth however, they are not widely available or accessible, particularly among underserved populations where need is greatest. Novel approaches to increase engagement in and access to interventions that prevent the development and impact of anxiety disorders among are needed. To address these gaps in the literature, the goals specific to this grant are to use user-centered design methods to engage at-risk adolescents, providers, and community partnerships into the iterative design of a technology-enabled prevention service for anxiety (TEPS-A). We will then conduct a randomized pilot trial on the adapted TEPS-A prototype. Importantly, the proposed study is designed to complement the training program by helping me to refine relevant research skills while designing and evaluating a TEPS-A among at-risk youth. My goal is to harness digital tools to extend reach of preventive interventions to underserved youth in community settings, and sustainably deploy and evaluate digital tools for adolescents designed to reduce the incidence of anxiety and related disorders. A comprehensive training plan was therefore constructed to systematically advance my: 1) expertise in user-centered design methods, 2) aptitude in community-engaged research with underserved populations, 3) methodological skills related to designing and deploying preventive interventions, and 4) proficiency in qualitative and longitudinal data analytics. Accomplishment of the training goals and proposed research project will provide the skills and tools necessary for development of an R01 proposal aimed at testing the efficacy of the TEPS-A among youth within community settings. Consistent with the goals of the K01 Award, the research opportunities as well as mentorship on conducting digital mental health research with youth populations from underserved communities will help me become a successful independent research scientist in the field of digital mental health.

项目概要 焦虑症是青少年中最常见的一类精神病理学，近四分之一的人患有焦虑症 符合 12 个月诊断标准的青少年。有证据表明焦虑预防计划可以 对年轻人有效，但是，它们并没有广泛获得或获得，特别是在服务不足的人群中 最需要的人群。提高干预措施参与度和获取机会的新方法 需要预防焦虑症的发展和影响。为了解决这些差距 根据文献，这笔赠款的具体目标是使用以用户为中心的设计方法来参与风险 青少年、提供者和社区伙伴关系参与技术支持的迭代设计 焦虑预防服务（TEPS-A）。然后我们将对改编后的 TEPS-A 进行随机试点试验 原型。重要的是，拟议的研究旨在通过帮助我来补充培训计划 在针对高危青少年设计和评估 TEPS-A 的同时，完善相关研究技能。 我的目标是利用数字工具将预防干预措施的范围扩大到服务不足的青少年 社区环境，并可持续地部署和评估旨在减少青少年的数字工具 焦虑和相关疾病的发生率。因此制定了全面的培训计划 系统地提升我的：1）以用户为中心的设计方法的专业知识，2）社区参与的能力 对服务不足的人群进行研究，3) 与设计和部署预防措施相关的方法技能 干预措施，以及 4) 定性和纵向数据分析的熟练程度。培训完成情况 目标和拟议的研究项目将为 R01 的开发提供必要的技能和工具 该提案旨在测试 TEPS-A 在社区环境中青年中的有效性。符合 K01 奖的目标、研究机会以及进行数字心理指导 对来自服务不足社区的年轻人进行健康研究将帮助我成为一名成功的人 数字心理健康领域的独立研究科学家。