Designing a mobile application to support the indicated prevention and early intervention of childhood anxiety

Mandar Patwardhan; Ashish Amresh; Ryan Stoll; Kevin Gary; Derek B. Hamel; Armando Pina

doi:10.1145/2811780.2811954

Designing a mobile application to support the indicated prevention and early intervention of childhood anxiety

Mandar Patwardhan, Ashish Amresh, Ryan Stoll, Kevin Gary, Derek B. Hamel, Armando Pina

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Abstract

This paper presents the design of an mHealth application for prevention and early intervention of childhood anxiety. The application is based on REACH, a preventative-early intervention protocol for childhood anxiety. This paper describes the multidisciplinary design process, sharing lessons learned in developing an effective mHealth application. This mHealth application is unique due to participant age, preventive-early intervention focus, and utilization of mobile technology in a situated manner. A design process inspired by user-centered leveraging key informant interviews was used to identify application features, including game based strategies and an animated motivational avatar. Validation was performed through external review and a usability study performed with target end users of the application. Results suggest overall satisfaction, ease of use, and increased motivation.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - Wireless Health 2015, WH 2015
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450338516
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2811780.2811954
State	Published - Oct 14 2015
Event	6th Wireless Health Conference, WH 2015 - Bethesda, United States Duration: Oct 14 2015 → Oct 16 2015

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Name	Proceedings - Wireless Health 2015, WH 2015

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Other	6th Wireless Health Conference, WH 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Bethesda
Period	10/14/15 → 10/16/15

Keywords

MHealth
User-Centered Design
Youth Anxiety Prevention

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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Patwardhan, M., Amresh, A., Stoll, R., Gary, K., Hamel, D. B., & Pina, A. (2015). Designing a mobile application to support the indicated prevention and early intervention of childhood anxiety. In Proceedings - Wireless Health 2015, WH 2015 Article 8 (Proceedings - Wireless Health 2015, WH 2015). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/2811780.2811954

Designing a mobile application to support the indicated prevention and early intervention of childhood anxiety. / Patwardhan, Mandar; Amresh, Ashish; Stoll, Ryan et al.
Proceedings - Wireless Health 2015, WH 2015. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2015. 8 (Proceedings - Wireless Health 2015, WH 2015).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Patwardhan, M, Amresh, A, Stoll, R, Gary, K, Hamel, DB & Pina, A 2015, Designing a mobile application to support the indicated prevention and early intervention of childhood anxiety. in Proceedings - Wireless Health 2015, WH 2015., 8, Proceedings - Wireless Health 2015, WH 2015, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 6th Wireless Health Conference, WH 2015, Bethesda, United States, 10/14/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2811780.2811954

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