青少年在索威托为移动心理健康支持做好准备:一项混合方法研究
Sonto Gugu Madonsela1, Jennifer Watermeyer1, Lisa Jayne Ware2
1Health Communication Research Unit, School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa.
Global mental health (Cambridge, England)
|March 9, 2026
概括
移动心理健康 (M-mHealth) 为南非青少年心理服务提供了一个有希望的解决方案. 青少年认为M-mHealth是积极的,因为它的方便和隐私,但成本和耻辱仍然是障碍.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 数字健康数字健康
- 心理健康护理 心理健康护理
背景情况:
- 青少年心理健康问题正在增加,南非存在严重的治疗准入障碍.
- 耻辱,隐私问题和成本阻碍了获得心理健康护理和立法实施.
- 移动心理健康 (M-mHealth) 提供了一个可扩展的解决方案,以解决未满足的心理服务需求.
研究的目的:
- 探索青少年对移动心理健康 (M-mHealth) 干预措施的看法,态度和意图.
- 确定影响青少年采用M-mHealth的促进者和障碍.
- 为青少年制定和实施有效的M-mHealth战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在两个阶段采用了一种解释性的顺序混合方法方法.
- 第一阶段涉及对71名青少年进行定量调查.
- 第二阶段包括与56名青少年进行定性焦点小组讨论,随后进行主题和描述性分析.
主要成果:
- 青少年对心理健康概念的理解有限,在使用的语言中明显存在耻辱感.
- 对M-mHealth的积极看法源于其可负担性,便利性和隐私性.
- 障碍包括数据成本,智能手机的可访问性,有限的家庭隐私和社会文化因素.
结论:
- 青少年对M-mHealth的可访问性和谨慎性有好评.
- 解决基础设施和社会文化障碍,如数据成本和耻辱是成功实施M-mHealth的关键.
- M-mHealth干预需要仔细考虑青少年的特定需求和南非的环境挑战.
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