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SolanoConnex: developing a web-app for accessing local, up-to-date mental health services in a diverse county.
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Background: There is a discrepancy between the number of people who report a mental health need and the number of people who use mental health services. The SolanoConnex web-app was developed to address this disparity in a diverse county by enhancing access to existing mental health services, with this paper describing the participatory and iterative development process. Methods: The web-app was developed in a five-stage process beginning with (I) secondary data analysis and landscape data collection, followed by a participatory approach to (II) design the product using fictitious, representative patient profiles developed by an advisory board to test the algorithm, (III) develop the web-app. The web-app was (IV) beta-tested via one-on-one interviews during which participants had access to beta versions of the app and were asked to respond to a structured feedback questionnaire. Finally, the web-app was (V) launched with continued assessment of the product. Results: The advisory board patient profiles and beta-testing feedback led to changes in how priority information such as insurance and cost details, services in a preferred language, and services tailored to specific marginalized groups appeared, and the wording used to describe mental health in the dials. The activity of matching fictitious, representative patient profile to services with early versions of the app led to a reduction in how many clicks it took to get to a services page. These changes resulted in an easy-to-use, jargon-free and intuitive interface providing the necessary information to access mental health services that was tailored to the specific needs and attitudes of the local community. Modifications continue to be made as necessary. Conclusions: The rigorous multi-stage process with participation and oversight from numerous local stakeholders ensured the development of an end-product that addressed the county-specific gaps and barriers in accessing mental and emotional health services. The lessons derived from this process can benefit those attempting to develop a similar tool to address public health disparities.
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