Laura Sampietro-Colom, Carla Fernandez-Barcelo, Ismail Abbas, Blanca Valdasquin, Nicolau Rabasseda, Borja García-Lorenzo, Miquel Sanchez, Mireia Sans, Noemi Garcia, Alicia Granados
WtsWrng Interim Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation and Description of the Challenges to Develop, Assess, and Introduce This Novel Digital Application in a Traditional Health System
International journal of environmental research and public health
globally young people living mental health conditions lack access mental health care access mobile device growing access mobile devices south africa potential increase access mental health care services digital platforms however uptake digital mental health interventions may hampered several factors privacy confidentiality informed consent affordability study identified prospects challenges implementing mobile phonebased mental health intervention young people ingwavuma area data collected 93 young people three villages purposefully selected ingwavuma area participants included study aged 1624 data collected questionnaire thematic descriptive analysis performed qualitative quantitative data respectively mental health education low 22 participants received prior education mental health 50 participants come across mental health app none used apps 87 participants internet access 60 preferred use social media contact health worker 92 suggested use digital apps would improve mental health literacy among young people barriers access digital mental health interventions identified high cost data restrictive religious beliefs limited privacy lack native languages digital platforms low digital literacy complicated user interface umkhanyakude uptake digital mental health apps among young people low recommend developers create contextspecific digital applications catered young people different cultural backgrounds socioeconomic issues affordability also need addressed developing tools