ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2016
A Depression Prevention Intervention for Adolescents in the Emergency Department.
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- Characteristics of Mobile Health Platforms for Depression and Anxiety: Content Analysis Through a Systematic Review of the Literature and Systematic Search of Two App Stores.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Smartphone-Based Interventions and Internalizing Disorders in Youth: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
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- A multi-media digital intervention to improve the sexual and reproductive health of female adolescent emergency department patients.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2022Trial
- Translating Violence Prevention Programs from Research to Practice: SafERteens Implementation in an Urban Emergency Department.The Journal of emergency medicine · 2022Trial
- A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Patient Knowledge and Safe Use of Opioids: Results of the ED EMCAcademic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2019Trial
- Emergency department text messaging for adolescent violence and depression prevention: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Psychological services · 2018Trial
- Emergency Department Alcohol Intervention: Effects on Dating Violence and Depression.Pediatrics · 2018Trial
- Texting to Increase Contraceptive Initiation Among Adolescents in the Emergency Department.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2017Trial
- Effects of a brief ED-based alcohol and violence intervention on depressive symptoms.General hospital psychiatry · 2017Trial
- Lock and Protect, Reducing Access to Adolescent Means of Suicide: A Pilot Feasibility Study.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- Facilitators to implementing preventive health interventions for adolescents in the emergency department: A multicenter qualitative analysis.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025Article
- Adapting a digital intervention to prevent youth violence and depressive symptoms from the emergency department for community violence interventions.Cogent mental health · 2025Article
- Self-Guided Digital Intervention for Depression in Adolescents: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Involving Crowdworkers with Lived Experience in Content-Development for Push-Based Digital Mental Health Tools: Lessons Learned from Crowdsourcing Mental Health Messages.Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction · 2022Article
- Meeting Users Where They Are: User-centered Design of an Automated Text Messaging Tool to Support the Mental Health of Young Adults.Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference · 2022Article
- Media and technology usage and attitudes in emergency department patients.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of a digital health intervention to promote engagement in and adherence to medication for opioid use disorder.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Article
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purposeTo evaluate acceptability and feasibility of a theoretically based two-part (brief in-person + 8-week automated text message) depression prevention program, "intervention for DepressiOn and Violence prevention in the Emergency department" (iDOVE), for high-risk adolescents.
methodsEnglish-speaking emergency department (ED) patients (age 13-17, any chief complaint) were sequentially approached for consent on a convenience sample of shifts and screened for inclusion based on current depressive symptoms and past-year violence. After consent, baseline assessments were obtained; all participants were enrolled in the two-part intervention (brief in-ED + 8-week two-way text messaging). At 8 weeks, quantitative and qualitative follow-up assessments were obtained. Measures included feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary data on efficacy. Qualitative data were transcribed verbatim, double coded, and interpreted using thematic analysis. Quantitative results were analyzed descriptively and with paired t tests.
resultsAs planned, 16 participants (eight each gender) were recruited (75% of those who were eligible; 66% nonwhite, 63% low income, mean age 15.4). The intervention had high feasibility and acceptability: 93.8% completed 8-week follow-up; 80% of daily text messages received responses; 31% of participants requested ≥1 "on-demand" text message. In-person and text message portions were rated as good/excellent by 87%. Qualitatively, participants articulated: (1) iDOVE was welcome and helpful, if unexpected in the ED; (2) the daily text message mood assessment was "most important"; (3) content was "uplifting"; and (4) balancing intervention "relatability" and automation was challenging. Participants' mean ΔBDI-2 (Beck Depression Inventory) from baseline to 8-week follow-up was -4.9, (p = .02).
conclusionsThis automated preventive text message intervention is acceptable and feasible. Qualitative data emphasize the importance of creating positive, relevant, and interactive digital health tools for adolescents.
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